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GHSA-6663-c963-2gqg

GitHub Security Advisory

DoS due to excessively large websocket message in ws

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

Affected versions of `ws` do not appropriately limit the size of incoming websocket payloads, which may result in a denial of service condition when the node process crashes after receiving a large payload.

## Recommendation

Update to version 1.1.1 or later.
Alternatively, set the `maxpayload` option for the `ws` server to a value smaller than 256MB.

Affected Packages

npm ws
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 1.1.1)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-6663-c963-2gqg
Published
February 18, 2019 11:58 PM
Last Modified
August 31, 2020 6:11 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
npm
Primary Package
ws
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: August 30, 2025 6:32 AM

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