Bug 2489980 (CVE-2026-12151) - CVE-2026-12151 undici: undici: Denial of Service due to unbounded memory growth via WebSocket frames
Summary: CVE-2026-12151 undici: undici: Denial of Service due to unbounded memory grow...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-12151
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2490221 2490223 2490224 2490225 2490226
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-06-17 17:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-18 00:12 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-17 17:02:07 UTC
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.


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