The Tungstenite crate before 0.20.1 for Rust allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (minutes of CPU consumption) via an excessive length of an HTTP header in a client handshake. The length affects both how many times a parse is attempted (e.g., thousands of times) and the average amount of data for each parse attempt (e.g., millions of bytes).
CVE-2023-43669
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 3.2%, top 13% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 73.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 21, 2023
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (24)
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240110
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215563
- cve@mitrehttps://crates.io/crates/tungstenite/versions
- cve@mitrehttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/407.html
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9mcr-873m-xcxp
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/2752
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/snapview/tungstenite-rs/commit/8b3ecd3cc0008145ab4bc8d0657c39d09db8c7e2
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/snapview/tungstenite-rs/issues/376
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R77EUWPZVP5WSMNXUXUDNHR7G7OI5NGM/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/THK6G6CD4VW6RCROWUV2C4HSINKK3XAK/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TT7SF6CQ5VHAGFLWNXY64NFSW4WIWE7D/
- cve@mitrehttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-43669
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240110
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215563
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crates.io/crates/tungstenite/versions
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
crates.io(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| tungstenite | — | 0.20.1 | — |
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