Description
websocket-driver is a WebSocket protocol handler with pluggable I/O. Prior to 0.7.5, the frame format in draft versions of the WebSocket protocol includes a length header that allows an arbitrarily large integer to be encoded as a sequence of bytes with the high bit set. By sending an indefinite sequence of bytes with values 0x80 or above, a client can make the server parse these bytes into an ever-growing integer in lib/websocket/driver/draft75.js; because JavaScript numbers are 64-bit floating point values, this number will eventually lose precision and lead to the subsequent payload being parsed incorrectly. This issue is fixed in version 0.7.5.
Published: 2026-07-17
Score: 9.2 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xv26-6w52-cph6 websocket-driver: Message corruption via abuse of protocol length headers
History

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description websocket-driver is a WebSocket protocol handler with pluggable I/O. Prior to 0.7.5, the frame format in draft versions of the WebSocket protocol includes a length header that allows an arbitrarily large integer to be encoded as a sequence of bytes with the high bit set. By sending an indefinite sequence of bytes with values 0x80 or above, a client can make the server parse these bytes into an ever-growing integer in lib/websocket/driver/draft75.js; because JavaScript numbers are 64-bit floating point values, this number will eventually lose precision and lead to the subsequent payload being parsed incorrectly. This issue is fixed in version 0.7.5.
Title websocket-driver: Message corruption via abuse of protocol length headers
Weaknesses CWE-130
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-07-17T20:53:24.769Z

Reserved: 2026-06-15T15:30:40.319Z

Link: CVE-2026-54466

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-130

    Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency