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.
History

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title warmcat libwebsockets SSH Protocol sshd.c lws_ssh_parse_plaintext resource consumption
First Time appeared Warmcat
Warmcat libwebsockets
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-404
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:warmcat:libwebsockets:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Warmcat
Warmcat libwebsockets
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-02T21:15:10.566Z

Reserved: 2026-06-02T15:19:20.070Z

Link: CVE-2026-10650

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-02T22:16:16.293

Modified: 2026-06-02T22:16:16.293

Link: CVE-2026-10650

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Updated: 2026-06-03T04:15:24Z