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CVE-2026-73561

HIGH 7.5

Hub: Unauthenticated WebSocket RPC Waiter Resource Exhaustion

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Hub is a Node.js WebSocket server and client with added features. Prior to 0.2.16, every incoming unauthenticated WebSocket connection triggers loadDefaultConnectionEventListeners to call requestClientId, which calls rpc.send for the get-client-id action and pushes a request into RPC.requests. The RPC.waitForReply function starts a setInterval polling loop every 10 milliseconds that is cleared only after a matching reply; if the client remains silent and closes, the timer and pending request stay allocated because the socket close path does not cancel them. Repeated connections therefore cause unbounded timers and heap entries, exhausting CPU and memory and making the server unavailable. This issue is fixed in version 0.2.16.

CWE CWE-400
Vendor anephenix
Product hub
Published Aug 13, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

anephenix / hub
< 0.2.16

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/anephenix/hub/security/advisories/GHSA-g5vv-q72c-7j78 github.com: https://github.com/anephenix/hub/commit/931576db3cdbf4f1583bd2c3c8759c4f4e032ab3 github.com: https://github.com/anephenix/hub/tree/v0.2.16