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SCA: security update for @feathersjs/socketio, @feathersjs/transport-commons (GHSA-hhr9-rh25-hvf9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415778

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Feathersjs is a framework for creating web APIs and real-time applications with TypeScript or JavaScript.
 Feathers socket handler did not catch invalid string conversion errors like `const message = ${{ toString:
 '' }}` which would cause the NodeJS process to crash when sending an unexpected Socket.io message like
 `socket.emit('find', { toString: '' })`. A fix has been released in versions 5.0.8 and 4.5.18. Users are
 advised to upgrade. There is no known workaround for this vulnerability. (CVE-2023-37899)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hhr9-rh25-hvf9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 415778

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-37899

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-37899

cwe: CWE-754