Server crash via rethrown connectionParams parse error
Published Apr 24, 2025 · Updated May 14, 2025
Denial of service in tRPC 11.0.0 through 11.1.0 allows remote attackers to crash WebSocket server processes with invalid connectionParams. The WebSocket createCtxPromise error handler catches a parseConnectionParamsFromUnknown rejection, responds, then rethrows it from the message event without a higher-level handler. The server must expose WebSockets with createContext configured; one crafted unauthenticated connectionParams message terminates the entire process.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in tRPC 11.0.0 through 11.1.0 allows remote attackers to crash WebSocket server processes with invalid connectionParams. The WebSocket createCtxPromise error handler catches a parseConnectionParamsFromUnknown rejection, responds, then rethrows it from the message event without a higher-level handler. The server must expose WebSockets with createContext configured; one crafted unauthenticated connectionParams message terminates the entire process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-43855
- Published
- Apr 24, 2025
- Updated
- May 14, 2025
- Vendor
- tRPC
- Product
- tRPC
- Classifications
- CWE-248, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 24, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 11.0.0, < 11.1.1
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Public exploit references
- tRPC vulnerable WebSocket server reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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