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Streaming encryption for Wormhole.app, based on Encrypted Content-Encoding for HTTP (RFC 8188)
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CVE-2020-36048 (High) detected in engine.io-3.5.0.tgz #17

Closed mend-bolt-for-github[bot] closed 3 years ago

mend-bolt-for-github[bot] commented 3 years ago

CVE-2020-36048 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - engine.io-3.5.0.tgz

The realtime engine behind Socket.IO. Provides the foundation of a bidirectional connection between client and server

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/engine.io/-/engine.io-3.5.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: wormhole-crypto/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: wormhole-crypto/node_modules/engine.io/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy: - airtap-4.0.3.tgz (Root Library) - :x: **engine.io-3.5.0.tgz** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 044b4a0706f0fa4d200d65345c838045c2d5be48

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Engine.IO before 4.0.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a POST request to the long polling transport.

Publish Date: 2021-01-08

URL: CVE-2020-36048

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-36048

Release Date: 2021-01-08

Fix Resolution: engine.io - 4.0.0

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feross commented 3 years ago

This issue is in a dev dependency for testing airtap and doesn't affect the package.