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CVE-2026-53524 Details

UNDERGOING ENRICHMENT

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Description

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 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:…Vector:This vulnerability is currently being analyzed.

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/weechat/weechat/security/advisories/GHSA-v2v4-45wm-5cr3	CISA-ADP
https://github.com/weechat/weechat/security/advisories/GHSA-v2v4-45wm-5cr3	[email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-409	Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)	[email protected]

Affected Products

This vulnerability is currently being analyzed

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Aug 24, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Aug 21, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]