From 38189069ce49b7d974fca5d3694359a921c9f9f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steffen Vogel <steffen.vogel@opal-rt.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 10:10:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] node(websocket): Add stricter validation of destination URIs

Signed-off-by: Steffen Vogel <steffen.vogel@opal-rt.com>
---
 lib/nodes/websocket.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/nodes/websocket.cpp b/lib/nodes/websocket.cpp
index bdf9cccc5..82a833a51 100644
--- a/lib/nodes/websocket.cpp
+++ b/lib/nodes/websocket.cpp
@@ -593,6 +593,12 @@ int villas::node::websocket_parse(NodeCompat *n, json_t *json) {
                           "node-config-node-websocket-destinations",
                           "Failed to parse WebSocket URI: '{}'", uri);
 
+      if (strlen(path) == 0) {
+        throw ConfigError(json_dest, "node-config-node-websocket-destinations",
+                          "Missing node name / path in destination URI: '{}'",
+                          d->uri);
+      }
+
       d->info.ssl_connection = !strcmp(prot, "https");
       d->info.address = strdup(ads);
       d->info.path = strf("/%s", path);