Signal K Server is a server application that runs on a central hub in a boat. Versions prior to 2.25.0 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack within the WebSocket subscription handling logic. By injecting unescaped regex metacharacters into the `context` parameter of a stream subscription, an attacker can force the server's Node.js event loop into a catastrophic backtracking loop when evaluating long string identifiers (like the server's self UUID). This results in a total Denial of Service (DoS) where the server CPU spikes to 100% and becomes completely unresponsive to further API or socket requests. Version 2.25.0 contains a fix.
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Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Signal K Server is a server application that runs on a central hub in a boat. Versions prior to 2.25.0 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack within the WebSocket subscription handling logic. By injecting unescaped regex metacharacters into the `context` parameter of a stream subscription, an attacker can force the server's Node.js event loop into a catastrophic backtracking loop when evaluating long string identifiers (like the server's self UUID). This results in a total Denial of Service (DoS) where the server CPU spikes to 100% and becomes completely unresponsive to further API or socket requests. Version 2.25.0 contains a fix. | |
| Title | Signal K Server has an Unauthenticated Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via WebSocket Subscription Paths | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-1333 CWE-400 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-21T00:07:10.371Z
Reserved: 2026-04-06T19:31:07.266Z
Link: CVE-2026-39320
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-21T01:16:05.063
Modified: 2026-04-21T01:16:05.063
Link: CVE-2026-39320
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-04-21T02:30:25Z