CVE-2026-12151 (GCVE-0-2026-12151)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-17 16:05 – Updated: 2026-06-17 17:30
VLAI
Title
undici WebSocket client vulnerable to denial of service via fragment count bypass
Summary
Impact: The undici WebSocket client enforces maxPayloadSize on the cumulative byte count of fragments in a message but does not enforce a limit on the number of fragments. A malicious WebSocket server can stream many small or empty continuation frames that each pass per-frame and cumulative-size validation, collectively causing unbounded memory growth in the client process. The result is memory exhaustion and a denial of service. Affected applications are those using the undici WebSocket client (new WebSocket(...)) or the WebSocketStream API that can be induced to connect to an attacker-controlled or compromised WebSocket endpoint. All releases starting at undici 6.17.0 are affected. Patches: Upgrade to undici >= 6.26.0, >= 7.28.0, or >= 8.5.0. Workarounds: No workaround is available. The fix must be applied through an upgrade.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
undici undici Affected: 0 , < 6.26.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.26.0 (semver)
Affected: 7.0.0 , < 7.28.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.28.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.0.0 , < 8.5.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 8.5.0 (semver)
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Credits
lpinca Nadav0077 UlisesGascon
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