CVE-2026-44545 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-44545: Unbounded WebSocket message and frame sizes can cause unauthenticated remote denial of service

Vendor Djangoproject
Product daphne
Weakness CWE-770 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Published June 3, 2026
Last update June 3, 2026

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

daphne before 4.2.2 did not pass maxFramePayloadSize or maxMessagePayloadSize to Autobahn's WebSocketServerFactory. Because Autobahn defaults both values to 0 (unlimited), an unauthenticated remote attacker could send arbitrarily large WebSocket messages or frames, causing excessive memory consumption and a denial of service.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 3, 2026 CVE published
June 3, 2026 Record updated