CVE-2024-37890

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 69.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-06-17 19:09Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-02 03:57Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2024-06-10

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

cf32630db6122650a5ffc4c734567ab11ede0f6f637880c0fa8edd8beeb8a9b2

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• github.comhttps://github.com/websockets/ws/issues/2230x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/websockets/ws/pull/2231x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/22c28763234aa75a7e1b76f5c01c181260d7917fx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/4abd8f6de4b0b65ef80b3ff081989479ed93377ex_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/e55e5106f10fcbaac37cfa89759e4cc0d073a52cx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/eeb76d313e2a00dd5247ca3597bba7877d064a63x_refsource_MISC
• nodejs.orghttps://nodejs.org/api/http.html#servermaxheaderscountx_refsource_MISC