CVE-2024-38355 – socket.io

Package

Manager: npm
Name: socket.io
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <2.5.1 || >=3.0.0 <4.6.2

Severity

Level: Medium

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

CVSS v4.0: 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

EPSS: 0.001 pctl0.28315

Details

socket.io has an unhandled 'error' event ### Impact A specially crafted Socket.IO packet can trigger an uncaught exception on the Socket.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process. ``` node:events:502 throw err; // Unhandled 'error' event ^ Error [ERR_UNHANDLED_ERROR]: Unhandled error. (undefined) at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:405:5) at Socket.emit (node:events:500:17) at /myapp/node_modules/socket.io/lib/socket.js:531:14 at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:77:11) { code: 'ERR_UNHANDLED_ERROR', context: undefined } ``` ### Affected versions | Version range | Needs minor update? | |------------------|------------------------------------------------| | `4.6.2...latest` | Nothing to do | | `3.0.0...4.6.1` | Please upgrade to `socket.io@4.6.2` (at least) | | `2.3.0...2.5.0` | Please upgrade to `socket.io@2.5.1` | ### Patches This issue is fixed by https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/15af22fc22bc6030fcead322c106f07640336115, included in `socket.io@4.6.2` (released in May 2023). The fix was backported in the 2.x branch today: https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/d30630ba10562bf987f4d2b42440fc41a828119c ### Workarounds As a workaround for the affected versions of the `socket.io` package, you can attach a listener for the "error" event: ```js io.on("connection", (socket) => { socket.on("error", () => { // ... }); }); ``` ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: - Open a discussion [here](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/discussions) Thanks a lot to [Paul Taylor](https://github.com/Y0ursTruly) for the responsible disclosure. ### References - https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/15af22fc22bc6030fcead322c106f07640336115 - https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/d30630ba10562bf987f4d2b42440fc41a828119c

Metadata

Created: 2024-06-19T15:04:41Z
Modified: 2024-11-18T16:26:46Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/06/GHSA-25hc-qcg6-38wj/GHSA-25hc-qcg6-38wj.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-20", "CWE-754"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-25hc-qcg6-38wj
Finding: F002
Auto approve: 1