GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-hhr9-rh25-hvf9 Feathers socket handler allows abusing implicit toString
HIGH
Official page ↗
- Aliases
- CVE-2023-37899
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- @feathersjs/socketio, @feathersjs/transport-commons
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-754
- Reviewed
- 2023-07-20
Affected packages
• npm @feathersjs/socketio: < 4.5.18 → fixed in 4.5.18
• npm @feathersjs/socketio: >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.8 → fixed in 5.0.8
• npm @feathersjs/transport-commons: < 4.5.18 → fixed in 4.5.18
• npm @feathersjs/transport-commons: >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.8 → fixed in 5.0.8
Description
Impact
Feathers socket handler did not catch invalid string conversion errors like:
```ts
const message = `${{ toString: '' }}`
```
Causing the NodeJS process to crash when sending an unexpected Socket.io message like
```ts
socket.emit('find', { toString: '' })
```
Patches
A fix has been released in
• `v5.0.8` via #3241
• `v4.5.18` via #3242
Workarounds
Since it is in the core Socket handling code upgrading to the latest version is necessary.
References
• v5.0.8 Changelog
• v4.5.18 Changelog
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2023-37899 Feathersjs is a framework for creating web APIs and real-time applications with TypeScript or JavaScript. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions weakness
References
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/security/advisories/GHSA-hhr9-rh25-hvf9 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37899 advisory
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/pull/3241 web
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/pull/3242 web
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/commit/0b9a6b19b12ad05934e4c8bd9917448ed39d1ed8 web
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/commit/c397ab3a0cd184044ae4f73540549b30a396821c web
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers package
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/blob/crow/CHANGELOG.md#4518-2023-07-19 web
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/blob/dove/CHANGELOG.md#508-2023-07-19 web