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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1jcW1qLTkyeGYtcjZyOc4AAzcU

Insufficient validation when decoding a Socket.IO packet

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):

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 [email protected]
3.0.5...4.1.2 ~4.0.3 (ref) Please upgrade to [email protected]
3.0.0...3.0.4 ~4.0.1 (ref) Please upgrade to [email protected]
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:

Thanks to @rafax00 for the responsible disclosure.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cqmj-92xf-r6r9
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1jcW1qLTkyeGYtcjZyOc4AAzcU
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: 12 months ago
Updated: 6 months ago


CVSS Score: 7.3
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Identifiers: GHSA-cqmj-92xf-r6r9, CVE-2023-32695
References: Repository: https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser
Blast Radius: 44.5

Affected Packages

npm:socket.io-parser
Dependent packages: 303
Dependent repositories: 1,259,292
Downloads: 31,436,345 last month
Affected Version Ranges: >= 4.0.4, < 4.2.3, >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.3
Fixed in: 4.2.3, 3.4.3
All affected versions: 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2
All unaffected versions: 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.6, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.2.0, 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.4.3, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.2.3, 4.2.4