Detections
Analytics

CVE-2018-21036

high

Description

Sails.js before v1.0.0-46 allows attackers to cause a denial of service with a single request because there is no error handler in sails-hook-sockets to handle an empty pathname in a WebSocket request.

References

https://github.com/balderdashy/sails/blob/56f8276f6501a144a03d1f0f28df4ccdb4ad82e2/CHANGELOG.md

https://github.com/balderdashy/sails-hook-sockets/commit/ff02114eaec090ee51db48435cc32d451662606e

https://github.com/balderdashy/sails-hook-sockets/commit/0533a4864b1920fd8fbb5287bc0889193c5faf44

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/19/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-07-21

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00714