build(deps): bump ws, ethers and @ethersproject/providers

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Bumps ws to 8.18.0 and updates ancestor dependencies ws, ethers and @ethersproject/providers. These dependencies need to be updated together.

Updates ws from 8.13.0 to 8.18.0

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8.18.0

Features

• Added support for Blob (#2229).

8.17.1

Bug fixes

• Fixed a DoS vulnerability (#2231).

A request with a number of headers exceeding the[server.maxHeadersCount][] threshold could be used to crash a ws server.

const http = require('http');
const WebSocket = require('ws');
const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, function () {
const chars = "!#$%&'*+-.0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz^_`|~".split('');
const headers = {};
let count = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {
if (count === 2000) break;
for (let j = 0; j &lt; chars.length; j++) {
  const key = chars[i] + chars[j];
  headers[key] = 'x';
if (++count === 2000) break;
}

}
headers.Connection = 'Upgrade';
headers.Upgrade = 'websocket';
headers['Sec-WebSocket-Key'] = 'dGhlIHNhbXBsZSBub25jZQ==';
headers['Sec-WebSocket-Version'] = '13';
const request = http.request({
headers: headers,
host: '127.0.0.1',
port: wss.address().port
});
request.end();
});

The vulnerability was reported by Ryan LaPointe in websockets/ws#2230.

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Commits

• 976c53c [dist] 8.18.0
• 59b9629 [feature] Add support for Blob (#2229)
• 0d1b5e6 [security] Use more descriptive text for 2017 vulnerability link
• 15f11a0 [security] Add new DoS vulnerability to SECURITY.md
• 3c56601 [dist] 8.17.1
• e55e510 [security] Fix crash when the Upgrade header cannot be read (#2231)
• 6a00029 [test] Increase code coverage
• ddfe4a8 [perf] Reduce the amount of crypto.randomFillSync() calls
• b73b118 [dist] 8.17.0
• 29694a5 [test] Use the highWaterMark variable
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Updates ethers from 5.7.2 to 5.8.0

Release notes

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ethers/v5.8.0 (2025-02-25 19:15) [legacy version]

This is a security update for the legacy Ethers v5 branch, addressing two security fixes.

• A bug in elliptic, which does not affect ethers but triggers a critical security warning during nom audit [see: missing signature length check, missing check for leading bit, allow BER-encoded signatures, false negative verification, signing malformed input]
• A bug in ws which can be used as DoS vector when communicating with malicious WebSocket service providers, triggering a high security warning during nom audit [see: too many HTTP headers]

For those that wish to audit the specific changes in the the bundled version between v5.7 and v5.8, see this gist.

Changes

• Updated to latest elliptic library to fix audit warnings. (f8deaae)
• Added ENS to Sepolia. (0065547)
• Bump ws package version to address DoS security concern. (#4791; f345816)
• Added modern networks, updated third-party backend URLs and added QuickNode. (#3935, #4010; f7c813d)

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Changelog

Sourced from ethers's changelog.

ethers/v5.8.0 (2025-02-25 19:15)

• Updated to latest elliptic library to fix audit warnings. (f8deaae)
• Added ENS to Sepolia. (0065547)
• Bump ws package version to address DoS security concern. (#4791; f345816)
• Added modern networks, updated third-party backend URLs and added QuickNode. (#3935, #4010; f7c813d)

Commits

• 5ff3dc9 admin: updated dist files with update-versions
• 808153e admin: updated sort issue in package.json
• f8deaae Updated to latest elliptic library to fix audit warnings.
• c6a1b15 Updated browser tests; but karma is still defunct
• c7c07f5 admin: update dist files
• 01dccc7 tests: swapped goerli for sepolia; contracts re-deployed
• 0065547 Added ENS to Sepolia.
• d7e8ad1 admin: updated dist files
• f345816 Bump ws package version to address DoS security concern (#4791).
• 9f42637 tests: updates test details
• Additional commits viewable in compare view

Updates @ethersproject/providers from 5.7.2 to 5.8.0

Release notes

Sourced from @​ethersproject/providers's releases.

ethers/v5.8.0 (2025-02-25 19:15) [legacy version]

This is a security update for the legacy Ethers v5 branch, addressing two security fixes.

• A bug in elliptic, which does not affect ethers but triggers a critical security warning during nom audit [see: missing signature length check, missing check for leading bit, allow BER-encoded signatures, false negative verification, signing malformed input]
• A bug in ws which can be used as DoS vector when communicating with malicious WebSocket service providers, triggering a high security warning during nom audit [see: too many HTTP headers]

For those that wish to audit the specific changes in the the bundled version between v5.7 and v5.8, see this gist.

Changes

• Updated to latest elliptic library to fix audit warnings. (f8deaae)
• Added ENS to Sepolia. (0065547)
• Bump ws package version to address DoS security concern. (#4791; f345816)
• Added modern networks, updated third-party backend URLs and added QuickNode. (#3935, #4010; f7c813d)

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Changelog

Sourced from @​ethersproject/providers's changelog.

ethers/v5.8.0 (2025-02-25 19:15)

• Updated to latest elliptic library to fix audit warnings. (f8deaae)
• Added ENS to Sepolia. (0065547)
• Bump ws package version to address DoS security concern. (#4791; f345816)
• Added modern networks, updated third-party backend URLs and added QuickNode. (#3935, #4010; f7c813d)

Commits

• f345816 Bump ws package version to address DoS security concern (#4791).
• fa5f647 admin: updated dist files
• f7c813d Added modern networks, updated third-party backend URLs and added QuickNode (...
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