Medium severity · published May 8, 2023
CVE-2023-31125
Uncaught exception in engine.io
6.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Engine.IO is the implementation of transport-based cross-browser/cross-device bi-directional communication layer for Socket.IO. An uncaught exception vulnerability was introduced in version 5.1.0 and included in version 4.1.0 of the `socket.io` parent package. Older versions are not impacted. 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 use depending packages like `socket.io`. This issue was fixed in version 6.4.2 of Engine.IO. There is no known workaround except upgrading to a safe version.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EN
engine.io · socketio
>= 5.1.0, < 6.4.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31125
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31125
Patch
https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/fc480b4f305e16fe5972cf337d055e598372dc44
Release Notes
https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/releases/tag/6.4.2
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/security/advisories/GHSA-q9mw-68c2-j6m5
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230622-0002/
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