CVE-2022-21676
HIGHEngine.IO 4.0.0-4.1.1, 5.0.0-5.2.0, 6.0.0-6.1.0 - Denial of Service via Crafted HTTP Request
Title source: llmDescription
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 starting from version `4.0.0`, including those who uses depending packages like `socket.io`. Versions prior to `4.0.0` are not impacted. A fix has been released for each major branch, namely `4.1.2` for the `4.x.x` branch, `5.2.1` for the `5.x.x` branch, and `6.1.1` for the `6.x.x` branch. There is no known workaround except upgrading to a safe version.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/security/advisories/GHSA-273r-mgr4-v34f
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/66f889fc1d966bf5bfa0de1939069153643874ab
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/a70800d7e96da32f6e6622804ef659ebc58659db
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/c0e194d44933bd83bf9a4b126fca68ba7bf5098c
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/releases/tag/4.1.2
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/releases/tag/5.2.1
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/releases/tag/6.1.1
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220209-0002/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0318
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-755
CWE-754
Status
published
Products (2)
npm/engine.io
4.0.0 - 4.1.2npm
socket/engine.io
4.0.0 - 4.1.2
Published
Jan 12, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026