# CVE-2025-54376: WebSocket endpoint `/api/v2/ws/logs` reachable without authentication even when --auth is enabled

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-54376-websocket-endpoint-api-v2-ws-logs-reachable-without  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-09-17  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-54376 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-09-17

WebSocket endpoint `/api/v2/ws/logs` reachable without authentication even when --auth is enabled in github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly

Technologies: [github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-spectolabs-hoverfly). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-54376 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-54376 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-54376?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 17 September 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.12.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-54376?** Yes. github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly (Go): upgrade to 1.12.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-54376?** Check whether you run github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly (Go): upgrade to 1.12.0 or later

  ```sh
  go get github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly@v1.12.0
  ```


## Affected products

- github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.12.0

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-54376
- GHSA-jxmr-2h4q-rhxp
- GO-2025-3945

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