GHSA-cqmj-92xf-r6r9

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cqmj-92xf-r6r9
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/05/GHSA-cqmj-92xf-r6r9/GHSA-cqmj-92xf-r6r9.json
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Published
2023-05-23T19:55:13Z
Modified
2024-11-18T16:26:29Z
Severity
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Insufficient validation when decoding a Socket.IO packet
Details

Impact

A specially crafted Socket.IO packet can trigger an uncaught exception on the Socket.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process.

TypeError: Cannot convert object to primitive value
       at Socket.emit (node:events:507:25)
       at .../node_modules/socket.io/lib/socket.js:531:14

Patches

A fix has been released today (2023/05/22):

  • https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/3b78117bf6ba7e99d7a5cfc1ba54d0477554a7f3, included in socket.io-parser@4.2.3
  • https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/2dc3c92622dad113b8676be06f23b1ed46b02ced, included in socket.io-parser@3.4.3

Another fix has been released for the 3.3.x branch:

  • https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/ee006607495eca4ec7262ad080dd3a91439a5ba4, included in `socket.io-parser@3.3.4

| socket.io version | socket.io-parser version | Needs minor update? | |---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| | 4.5.2...latest | ~4.2.0 (ref) | npm audit fix should be sufficient | | 4.1.3...4.5.1 | ~4.1.1 (ref) | Please upgrade to socket.io@4.6.x | | 3.0.5...4.1.2 | ~4.0.3 (ref) | Please upgrade to socket.io@4.6.x | | 3.0.0...3.0.4 | ~4.0.1 (ref) | Please upgrade to socket.io@4.6.x | | 2.3.0...2.5.0 | ~3.4.0 (ref) | npm audit fix should be sufficient |

Workarounds

There is no known workaround except upgrading to a safe version.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

  • Open a discussion here

Thanks to @rafax00 for the responsible disclosure.

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-05-27T16:15:09Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-20",
        "CWE-754"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-05-23T19:55:13Z"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / socket.io-parser

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
4.0.4
Fixed
4.2.3

npm / socket.io-parser

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
3.4.0
Fixed
3.4.3

npm / socket.io-parser

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.4