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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-39320 EUVD-2026-24021GHSA-7gcj-phff-2884

Signal K Server has an Unauthenticated Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via WebSocket Subscription Paths

Published Apr 21, 2026 · Updated Apr 21, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Signal K Server is a server application that runs on a central hub in a boat. Versions prior to 2.25.0 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack within the WebSocket subscription handling logic. By injecting unescaped regex metacharacters into the `context` parameter of a stream subscription, an attacker can force the server's Node.js event loop into a catastrophic backtracking loop when evaluating long string identifiers (like the server's self UUID). This results in a total Denial of Service (DoS) where the server CPU spikes to 100% and becomes completely unresponsive to further API or socket requests. Version 2.25.0 contains a fix.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
SignalK signalk-server < 2.25.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm signalk-server < 2.25.0 2.25.0 GHSA-7gcj-phff-2884

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