CVE-2026-45736
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-45736, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-05-15

Last updated on: 2026-05-19

Assigner: GitHub, Inc.

Description

ws is an open source WebSocket client and server for Node.js. Prior to 8.20.1, the websocket.close() implementation is vulnerable to uninitialized memory disclosure when a TypedArray is passed as the reason argument. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.20.1.

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Published
2026-05-15
Last Modified
2026-05-19
Generated
2026-06-30
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-28
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ws_project ws From 8.0.0 (inc) to 8.20.1 (exc)

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CWE-908 The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

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