Description
restbed through 5.0.0 accepts WebSocket frames with declared payload lengths up to 2^63 bytes and buffers the payload without size limits in an unbounded stream buffer. Remote unauthenticated attackers can declare large frame sizes and stream payload data to exhaust server memory, causing denial of service through process crash.
Published: 2026-09-30
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description restbed through 5.0.0 accepts WebSocket frames with declared payload lengths up to 2^63 bytes and buffers the payload without size limits in an unbounded stream buffer. Remote unauthenticated attackers can declare large frame sizes and stream payload data to exhaust server memory, causing denial of service through process crash.
Title restbed through 5.0.0 WebSocket Memory Exhaustion via Unbounded Frame Buffering
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:22:39.306Z

Reserved: 2026-09-30T16:02:59.545Z

Link: CVE-2026-103472

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-30T18:18:17.330

Modified: 2026-09-30T19:08:43.927

Link: CVE-2026-103472

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T20:15:05Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-770

    Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling