Socket.IO: Zero-attachment Memory Exhaustion (socketio socket.io)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.63 % · percentile 50 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
Socket.IO enables bidirectional and low-latency communication for every platform. Prior to 4.2.7, 3.4.5, and 3.3.6, a specially crafted Socket.IO packet can make the server wait for a large number of binary attachments and buffer them, which can be exploited to make the server run out of memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.7, 3.4.5, and 3.3.6.
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/security/advisories/GHSA-2m8v-j782-fhvr
- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/7c6ef571a00656718e9e05e3b948fd1758b2a7b4
- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/9c6323e5cde41bd75df3379b5fc9293664a5f240
- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/ced94ffa3ac020a8f3c14eb98a3bf34acb14d291
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-2m8v-j782-fhvr — Socket.IO: Zero-attachment Memory Exhaustion
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-52410
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-69185
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| socketio · socket.io | affected < 3.3.6 ; affected >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.5 ; affected >= 4.0.0, < 4.2.7 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |