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Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-53524

CVE-2026-53524

Medium
Open
TLP:CLEAR

WeeChat has a Decompression Bomb in Relay WebSocket (DoS)

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Description

WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a free chat client. In versions 4.3.0 through 4.9.0, the WeeChat relay module's WebSocket permessage-deflate decompression function relay_websocket_inflate() has no upper bound on output size. An authenticated relay user can send a small compressed WebSocket frame (~100 bytes) that decompresses to gigabytes, exhausting all server memory and crashing the entire WeeChat process. The api protocol enables permessage-deflate and requires authentication before WebSocket upgrade. Version 4.9.1 patches the issue.

Details

CVSS Score
6.5
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Confidence
90%
Published
Aug 21, 2026
Last Modified
Aug 21, 2026
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