CVE-2026-39320CWE-1333CWE-400

Signal K Server has an Unauthenticated Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via WebSocket Subscription Paths

High · published April 21, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Signal K Server is a server application that runs on a central hub in a boat. Versions prior to 2.25.0 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack within the WebSocket subscription handling logic. By injecting unescaped regex metacharacters into the `context` parameter of a stream subscription, an attacker can force the server's Node.js event loop into a catastrophic backtracking loop when evaluating long string identifiers (like the server's self UUID). This results in a total Denial of Service (DoS) where the server CPU spikes to 100% and becomes completely unresponsive to further API or socket requests. Version 2.25.0 contains a fix.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00655 · 50.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity; CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2026-04-21T00:07Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 APR 00:07Z
    Signal K Server has an Unauthenticated Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via WebSocket Subscription Paths
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