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.
Remediation
References
https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/2dc3c92622dad113b8676be06f23b1ed46b02ced
https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/3b78117bf6ba7e99d7a5cfc1ba54d0477554a7f3
https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/releases/tag/4.2.3
https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-cqmj-92xf-r6r9
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