JLSEC-2026-622 json
Predictable WebSocket masking key and handshake nonce in HTTP.jl client
published 4mo ago modified 3mo ago
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Summary
### Description
The WebSocket client masking key (`ws_send_frame!`) and the `Sec-WebSocket-Key` handshake nonce (`ws_random_handshake_key`) were generated with `rand(UInt8, n)`, which draws from the task-local Xoshiro256++ PRNG. Xoshiro is not cryptographically secure: its internal state can be recovered from a short run of observed outputs, and every outbound client frame exposes 4 mask bytes on the wire. An on-path observer could therefore recover the RNG state and predict all future masking keys, defeating the RFC 6455 §5.3 anti-cache-poisoning purpose of masking.
### Impact
Predictable masking keys could let an on-path attacker who also supplies payload craft wire bytes that a non-conformant transparent proxy parses and caches (request/response smuggling and cache poisoning).
### Patches
Fixed in HTTP.jl v2.4.0. A module-level CSPRNG (`const WS_CSPRNG = Random.RandomDevice()`) now generates both the 4-byte masking key and the 16-byte handshake nonce. The wire format and public API are unchanged.
Reported to the JuliaLang security team through Anthropic's Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure program.
Patch / fix
- julia HTTP 2.4.0
- github.com/JuliaWeb/HTTP.jl@5763add commit
- github.com/JuliaWeb/HTTP.jl#1316 pull request
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| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| julia | HTTP | <2.4.0 |
2.4.0 |
References
Sources
- OSV JLSEC-2026-622
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