CVE-2022-21676: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
(updated )
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.
References
- github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/66f889fc1d966bf5bfa0de1939069153643874ab
- github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/a70800d7e96da32f6e6622804ef659ebc58659db
- github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/c0e194d44933bd83bf9a4b126fca68ba7bf5098c
- github.com/socketio/engine.io/releases/tag/4.1.2
- github.com/socketio/engine.io/releases/tag/5.2.1
- github.com/socketio/engine.io/releases/tag/6.1.1
- github.com/socketio/engine.io/security/advisories/GHSA-273r-mgr4-v34f
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21676
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