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JLSEC-2026-614 json

WebSocket default Origin check ignores scheme and port in HTTP.jl

published 4mo ago modified 3mo ago

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Summary

### Description

The default WebSocket Origin validator (`_origin_allowed_default`) only enforced the host component of the same-origin tuple. It never checked the Origin's scheme, and when the request `Host` header carried no explicit port (the norm for default-port 80/443 servers, where browsers omit the port) it fell through to a hostname-only comparison that discarded the Origin's port. As a result a `wss://example.com` server accepted cross-scheme/cross-port origins such as `http://example.com` or `http://example.com:8080`.

### Impact

An attacker controlling another scheme or port on the same hostname could open an authenticated WebSocket from a victim's browser using the victim's cookies (cross-site WebSocket hijacking).

### Patches

Fixed in HTTP.jl v2.4.0. `_origin_allowed_default` now requires the Origin's scheme to match the server transport and compares effective ports, substituting the scheme default port (443 when secure, else 80) when the `Host` header omits one and handling bracketed IPv6 literals. The `server_secure` flag is plumbed through all upgrade call sites; the empty-Origin allowance, cross-host rejection, and malformed-Origin rejection are preserved.

Reported to the JuliaLang security team through Anthropic's Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure program.

Patch / fix

  • julia HTTP 2.4.0

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ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia HTTP
<2.4.0
2.4.0

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