GHSA-4r4m-hjwj-43p8

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    GHSA-4r4m-hjwj-43p8

    Published: 18 Feb 2019Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary: Insecure Defaults Allow MITM Over TLS in engine.io-client

    Details: Affected versions of `engine.io-client` do not verify certificates by default, and as such may be vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle attacks. The vulnerability is related to the way that node.js handles the `rejectUnauthorized` setting. If the value is something that evaluates to false, such as undefined or null, certificate verification will be disabled. ## Recommendation Update to version 1.6.9 or later. If you are unable to upgrade, ensure all calls to socket.io to have a `rejectedUnauthorized: true` flag.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10536, https://github.com/socketio/engine.io-client/commit/2c55b278a491bf45313ecc0825cf800e2f7ff5c1, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4r4m-hjwj-43p8, https://www.cigital.com/blog/node-js-socket-io, https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/99

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: engine.io-client

    Purl: pkg:npm/engine.io-client

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.9

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High