CVE-2026-53524 PUBLISHED

WeeChat has a Decompression Bomb in Relay WebSocket (DoS)

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 21.08.2026 Updated: 21.08.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor weechat
Product weechat
Versions
  • Version >= 4.3.0, < 4.9.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) CWE