CVE-2026-114213 PUBLISHED

WebSocket 1-byte continuation frames bypass `max_fragmented_message_size` in Bandit

Assigner: EEF
Reserved: 23.10.2026 Published: 26.10.2026 Updated: 26.10.2026

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in the WebSocket fragment reassembly of mtrudel bandit allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust server memory via a fragmented message made of many 1-byte continuation frames.

Bandit.WebSocket.Connection checks max_fragmented_message_size against the payload bytes received, but keeps every non-final continuation frame as a new list cell around its own binary, and nothing limits the number of fragments. A 1-byte fragment costs 7 bytes on the wire but about 150 to 170 bytes of server memory, so one connection can hold about 150 times the configured limit, roughly 1.2 to 1.4 GB at the default 8 MB. Ping frames between fragments keep the connection alive past the idle timeout.

This issue affects bandit: from 1.11.0 before 1.14.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor mtrudel
Product bandit
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1.11.0 to 1.14.0 (excl.)
Vendor mtrudel
Product bandit
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 21612c7c7b1ce43eccd36d3af3a2299d23513667 to 220b9dfd27f9a21305be2afc75cbe585ddc24e7a (excl.)

Workarounds

Lower websocket_options: [max_fragmented_message_size: ...] to the largest fragmented message the application needs, for example 65_536. Memory per connection stays at about 150 times this limit, so a lower limit lowers the ceiling.

Credits

  • Peter Ullrich reporter
  • Mat Trudel remediation developer
  • Jonatan Männchen / EEF analyst

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE

Impacts

  • An unauthenticated client can make one WebSocket connection hold about 150 times max_fragmented_message_size in server memory (about 82 MB for 3.5 MB of traffic in the reporter's test). This affects any Bandit server that accepts WebSocket upgrades with default settings, including Phoenix LiveView and Channels apps.