# CVE-2020-7693: Denial of Service (DoS)

- Also known as: GHSA-C9G6-9335-X697
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 0.3.20
- Published: 2020-07-09 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a sockjs: fixed in 0.3.20
- sockjs (npm): fixed in 0.3.20

## Description

Incorrect handling of Upgrade header with the value websocket leads in crashing of containers hosting sockjs apps. This affects the package sockjs before 0.3.20.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a sockjs, sockjs, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3.20) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SOCKJS-575261
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-575448
- https://github.com/sockjs/sockjs-node/issues/252
- https://github.com/sockjs/sockjs-node/pull/265
- https://github.com/andsnw/sockjs-dos-py
- https://github.com/sockjs/sockjs-node/commit/dd7e642cd69ee74385825816d30642c43e051d16
- https://github.com/thewindghost/CVE-2020-7693

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