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SCA: security update for socket.io (GHSA-25hc-qcg6-38wj)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408708

Description

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

 - Socket.IO is an open source, real-time, bidirectional, event-based, communication framework. A specially
 crafted Socket.IO packet can trigger an uncaught exception on the Socket.IO server, thus killing the
 Node.js process. This issue is fixed by commit `15af22fc22` which has been included in `[email protected]`
 (released in May 2023). The fix was backported in the 2.x branch as well with commit `d30630ba10`. Users
 are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may attach a listener for the "error" event to catch these
 errors. (CVE-2024-38355)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-25hc-qcg6-38wj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 408708

Version: Revision 1.10

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: 2.8

Percentile: 22.92

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38355

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38355