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SCA: security update for websocket-driver (GHSA-8j3g-f24p-4mpw)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446029

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - websocket-driver is a WebSocket protocol handler with pluggable I/O. Prior to 0.8.1, when websocket-driver
 is used to implement a WebSocket server on top of a TCP server using WebSocket::Driver.server() or to
 complement a WebSocket client, a peer can make a single connection consume an unbounded amount of memory
 by sending an HTTP request or response with a never-ending list of headers. This can lead to the receiving
 process running out of memory. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.1. (CVE-2026-54465)

Solution

Update the websocket-driver library and its related packages to version 0.8.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j3g-f24p-4mpw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 446029

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/17/2026

Updated: 8/17/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-54465

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54465