max-mapper / max-mapper/websocket-stream
Security Vulnerability: CVE-2024-37890- Security Level: HIGH
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 667
- Forks
- 110
- PR merge metrics
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Description
Reported Security Vulnerability with dependency package "ws"
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2024-37890
This impacts numerous downstream packages that source this package for websocket behaviours.
A request with a number of headers exceeding theserver.maxHeadersCount threshold could be used to crash a ws server. The vulnerability was fixed in ws@8.17.1 (e55e510) and backported to ws@7.5.10 (22c2876), ws@6.2.3 (eeb76d3), and ws@5.2.4 (4abd8f6)
Contributor guide
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the dependency declaration for the ws package and check which version websocket-stream currently uses. Update it to a patched version listed in the issue, then run the repository's existing checks to confirm websocket behavior remains intact.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, node.js
- Domain
- backend, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100