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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

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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)
    • ❌ 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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commented

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