medium5.3
CVE-2026-10650
A flaw has been found in warmcat libwebsockets up to 4.5.8.
Impact
A flaw has been found in warmcat libwebsockets up to 4.5.8. This issue affects the function lws_ssh_parse_plaintext of the file plugins/protocol_lws_ssh_base/sshd.c of the component SSH Protocol Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument msg_len can lead to resource consumption. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called 3f9f0c6ecaf0e6f3f219d30632c5d1f2479d7498. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|
| Warmcat Libwebsockets | before 4.5.8. |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/blob/main/libwebsockets_sshd-parse-ic-unbounded-alloc/poc_sshd_unbounded_alloc.py
- https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/libwebsockets_sshd-parse-ic-unbounded-alloc
- https://github.com/warmcat/libwebsockets/
- https://github.com/warmcat/libwebsockets/commit/3f9f0c6ecaf0e6f3f219d30632c5d1f2479d7498
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-10650
- https://vuldb.com/submit/830261
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/367955
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/367955/cti