pypi package report

Is websockets safe?

2 known vulnerabilities, worst severity HIGH.

// reach

1 direct dependencies

none carry a known advisory

    333 packages depend on it

    an advisory here reaches each of them

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    // ai model usage

    No published models are known to use this package.

    cvss
    5.9
    medium

    CVSS v3.1 base score out of 10; GitHub rates it HIGH

    epss
    2.3%
    medium

    chance of exploitation in 30 days, 83rd percentile of all CVEs

    xyz score
    4.9
    medium

    CyberXYZ composite out of 10

    fig. 01 — GHSA-8ch4-58qp-g3mp, the advisory selected below

    // 2 advisories

    GHSA-8ch4-58qp-g3mp

    HIGHGitHub ratingCVE-2021-33880

    The aaugustin websockets library before 9.1 for Python has an Observable Timing Discrepancy on servers when HTTP Basic Authentication is enabled with basic_auth_protocol_factory(credentials=...). An attacker may be able to guess a password via a timing attack.

    // cvss v3.1 vector

    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

    Attack vector
    Network
    Attack complexity
    High
    Privileges required
    None
    User interaction
    None
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Confidentiality
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Availability
    None

    Checked 2026-11-06 at 22:03 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2021-06-11. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.

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