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High
CVE-2023-32695
Insufficient validation when decoding a Socket.IO packet
Vulnerability Description
socket.io parser is a socket.io encoder and decoder written in JavaScript complying with version 5 of socket.io-protocol. A specially crafted Socket.IO packet can trigger an uncaught exception on the Socket.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process. A patch has been released in version 4.2.3.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-cqmj-92xf-r6r9
- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/2dc3c92622dad113b8676be06f23b1ed46b02ced
- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/3b78117bf6ba7e99d7a5cfc1ba54d0477554a7f3
- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/releases/tag/4.2.3
Affected Vendor
socketio
View all reports →Affected Software
socket.io-parser
Vulnerable Versions:
>= 4.0.0, < 4.2.3, >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 27th, 2023
Last Modified:
January 13th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L