CVE-2024-38355

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Description

Socket.IO is an open source, real-time, bidirectional, event-based, communication framework. A specially crafted Socket.IO packet can trigger an uncaught exception on the Socket.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process. This issue is fixed by commit `15af22fc22` which has been included in `socket.io@4.6.2` (released in May 2023). The fix was backported in the 2.x branch as well with commit `d30630ba10`. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may attach a listener for the "error" event to catch these errors.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): GitHub_M
CVSS severity: HIGH
CVSS score: 7.3 / 10
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Effective score: 7.3 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s): CWE-20, CWE-754
Reserved: 2024-06-14
Published: 2024-06-19 21:48 UTC
Last updated: 2024-09-03 22:35 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2024/38xxx/CVE-2024-38355.json
Linked Threat: CVE-2024-38355 — Unhandled 'error' event in socket.io

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EUVD ID: EUVD-2024-1878
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: Jun 19, 2024, 7:48:50 PM
Updated: Sep 3, 2024, 8:35:40 PM
EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1): 7.3 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EUVD-reported EPSS: 0.1400
Vendors: socketio
Products: socket.io (3.0.0,< 4.6.2)

socket.io (< 2.5.1)
Aliases: GHSA-25hc-qcg6-38wj

ENISA description: Socket.IO is an open source, real-time, bidirectional, event-based, communication framework. A specially crafted Socket.IO packet can trigger an uncaught exception on the Socket.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process. This issue is fixed by commit `15af22fc22` which has been included in `socket.io@4.6.2` (released in May 2023). The fix was backported in the 2.x branch as well with commit `d30630ba10`. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may attach a listener for the "error" event to catch these errors.

EUVD references (3)

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
socketio	socket.io	`< 2.5.1` (affected), `>= 3.0.0,< 4.6.2` (affected)	—

Vendor references (3)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/security/advisories/GHSA-25hc-qcg6-38wj x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/15af22fc22bc6030fcead322c106f07640336115 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/d30630ba10562bf987f4d2b42440fc41a828119c x_refsource_MISC

Web references (6)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

http://Socket.IO rapid7:socket.io
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html rapid7:cwe.mitre.org
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/754.html rapid7:cwe.mitre.org
http://socket.io rapid7:socket.io
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-38355 rapid7:attackerkb.com
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38355 rapid7:www.cve.org

Indicators (2)

IOCs linked to the auto-promoted Threat row.

Type	Value	VirusTotal	Attached
domain	`socket.io`	no local data UrlVoid 0 / 35	2026-05-18 21:19 UTC
domain	`node.js`	no local data	2026-05-18 21:19 UTC

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