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.
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Published : 2026-08-21 23:16
Updated : 2026-09-09 21:06
NVD link : CVE-2026-53524
Mitre link : CVE-2026-53524
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53524
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CWE
CWE-409
Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
