SB2026111321 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ws

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SB2026111321 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ws

Published: November 13, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026111321
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion and process termination.

The vulnerability exists due to unbounded resource allocation in ws automatic pong handling when responding to ping frames from a peer that stops reading responses. A remote attacker can flood a connection with ping frames while stopping reads to force buffered pong responses to exhaust memory.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References