GHSA-33ph-fccm-39pj

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    GHSA-33ph-fccm-39pj

    Published: 15 Jul 2026Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: websocket-driver: Resource limit bypass via message compression

    Details: ### Impact If this library is used in tandem with the `permessage-deflate` extension, a WebSocket server or client can be made to accept messages that are larger than the configured maximum message size. This is because this limit is checked against the message frames' length headers, which give the size of the compressed data, not the size after decompression. This can lead to applications accepting larger messages than expected and exceeding their intended resource usage. ### Patches The issue has been patched in version 0.8.1, by checking the length of messages after they are processed by incoming extensions. All users should upgrade to this version. ### Workarounds No known workarounds exist. ### Acknowledgements This issue was discovered and reported by Pranjali Thakur, DepthFirst Security Research Team.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: websocket-driver

    Purl: pkg:gem/websocket-driver

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.8.1

    Affected versions

    0.1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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