CVE-2026-45736

high
Published 2026-05-15 · Modified 2026-05-18
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
VIR risk
7.5

Description

ws: Uninitialized memory disclosure

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormaffected
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyfixed8.20.1+~cs14.19.1-1
debian debiansidfixed8.20.1+~cs14.19.1-1
debian debiantrixieaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
npm npmws>=8.0.0,<8.20.18.20.1
npm NPMws>= 8.0.0, < 8.20.18.20.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ws_projectws{"startIncluding":"8.0.0","endExcluding":"8.20.1"}8.20.1

References

CWEs

CWE-908

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.