Description
websocket-driver is a WebSocket protocol handler with pluggable I/O. Prior to 0.7.5, if this library is used 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 because the limit is checked against the message frames' length headers, which give the size of the compressed data, not the size after decompression in lib/websocket/driver/hybi.js. This can lead to applications accepting larger messages than expected and exceeding their intended resource usage. This issue is fixed in version 0.7.5.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| faye | websocket-driver-node | < 0.7.5 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | node-websocket-driver | 0.7.5+~cs0.6.14-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | node-websocket-driver | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | node-websocket-driver | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | node-websocket-driver | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | node-websocket-driver | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | node-websocket-driver | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | node-websocket-driver | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | node-websocket-driver | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | node-websocket-driver | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | node-websocket-driver | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | agama-web-ui | 17+673.b97ba64d6-160000.12.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21448-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | argo-workflows-ui-4.0 | 4.0.11-r0 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | websocket-driver | < 0.7.5 | 0.7.5 | GHSA-mp7j-qc5w-4988 |
Advisories 2
- WID-SEC-2026-3204 IBM App Connect Enterprise: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Sep 6, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21448-1 Security update for agama-web-ui SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 29, 2026