CVE-2023-32695
Publication date 27 May 2023
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
socket.io parser is a socket.io encoder and decoder written in JavaScript complying with version 5 of socket.io-protocol. A specially crafted Socket.IO packet can trigger an uncaught exception on the Socket.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process. A patch has been released in version 4.2.3.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| node-socket.io-parser | 25.10 questing |
Not affected
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| 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
|
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
References
Other references
- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-cqmj-92xf-r6r9
- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/2dc3c92622dad113b8676be06f23b1ed46b02ced (3.4.3)
- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/3b78117bf6ba7e99d7a5cfc1ba54d0477554a7f3 (4.2.3)
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32695