PT-2026-79097 · Libevent · Libevent

CVE-2026-63495

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Published

2026-06-29

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Updated

2026-08-21

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Libevent versions 2.2.0-alpha-dev through 2.2.2-alpha
Description The WebSocket server in ws.c fails to enforce a total message-size limit when accumulating fragmented frames in evws->incomplete frames. An unauthenticated remote client can send multiple fragmented WebSocket frames with the FIN flag set to 0, provided they remain below the WS MAX RECV FRAME SZ threshold. This causes the evbuffer to grow indefinitely, potentially leading to memory exhaustion on the host or process.
Recommendations Update Libevent to version 2.2.2-alpha.

Exploit

Fix

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Resource Exhaustion

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-12666
CVE-2026-63495
GHSA-QX89-WF2V-VGMX
RHSA-2026:41176

Affected Products

Libevent