CVE-2020-36048 – engine.io

Package

Manager: npm
Name: engine.io
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <3.6.0

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00797 pctl0.73115

Details

Resource exhaustion in engine.io Engine.IO before 4.0.0 and 3.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a POST request to the long polling transport.

Metadata

Created: 2022-02-09T22:29:04Z
Modified: 2025-05-29T23:06:32Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/02/GHSA-j4f2-536g-r55m/GHSA-j4f2-536g-r55m.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-400"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-j4f2-536g-r55m
Finding: F002
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