CVE-2022-41940
Engine.IO is the implementation of transport-based cross-browser/cross-device bi-directional communication layer for Socket.IO.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.99%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Engine.IO is the implementation of transport-based cross-browser/cross-device bi-directional communication layer for Socket.IO. A specially crafted HTTP request can trigger an uncaught exception on the Engine.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process. This impacts all the users of the engine.io package, including those who uses depending packages like socket.io. There is no known workaround except upgrading to a safe version. There are patches for this issue released in versions 3.6.1 and 6.2.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.99% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-248
- Affected
- socket/engine.io
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/425e833ab13373edf1dd5a0706f07100db14e3c6Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/83c4071af871fc188298d7d591e95670bf9f9085Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/security/advisories/GHSA-r7qp-cfhv-p84wExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/425e833ab13373edf1dd5a0706f07100db14e3c6Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/83c4071af871fc188298d7d591e95670bf9f9085Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/security/advisories/GHSA-r7qp-cfhv-p84wExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.