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CVE-2026-2229

CVE Details

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Initial Publication

03/12/2026

Last Update

03/20/2026

Third Party Dependency

undici

NIST CVE Summary

ImpactThe undici WebSocket client is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack due to improper validation of the server_max_window_bits parameter in the permessage-deflate extension. When a WebSocket client connects to a server, it automatically advertises support for permessage-deflate compression. A malicious server can respond with an out-of-range server_max_window_bits value (outside zlib's valid range of 8-15). When the server subsequently sends a compressed frame, the client attempts to create a zlib InflateRaw instance with the invalid windowBits value, causing a synchronous RangeError exception that is not caught, resulting in immediate process termination.

The vulnerability exists because:

  • The isValidClientWindowBits() function only validates that the value contains ASCII digits, not that it falls within the valid range 8-15
  • The createInflateRaw() call is not wrapped in a try-catch block
  • The resulting exception propagates up through the call stack and crashes the Node.js process

CVE Severity

7.5

Our Official Summary

Investigation is ongoing to determine how this vulnerability affects our products.

Status

Analyzed

Affected Products & Versions

VersionPaletteAIPaletteAI VerteX
1.0.7⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted

Revision History

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