# CVE-2022-21676: Uncaught Exception in engine.io

- Also known as: GHSA-273R-MGR4-V34F
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.1.2, 5.2.1, 6.1.1
- Published: 2022-01-12 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- socketio engine.io: from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.1.2; from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.2.1; from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.1.1
- engine.io (npm): from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.1.2
- engine.io (npm): from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.2.1
- engine.io (npm): from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.1.1

## Description

Engine.IO is the implementation of transport-based cross-browser/cross-device bi-directional communication layer for Socket.IO. A specially crafted HTTP request can trigger an uncaught exception on the Engine.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process. This impacts all the users of the `engine.io` package starting from version `4.0.0`, including those who uses depending packages like `socket.io`. Versions prior to `4.0.0` are not impacted. A fix has been released for each major branch, namely `4.1.2` for the `4.x.x` branch, `5.2.1` for the `5.x.x` branch, and `6.1.1` for the `6.x.x` branch. There is no known workaround except upgrading to a safe version.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on socketio engine.io, engine.io, upgrade to a fixed version (4.1.2, 5.2.1, 6.1.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/security/advisories/GHSA-273r-mgr4-v34f
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/66f889fc1d966bf5bfa0de1939069153643874ab
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/a70800d7e96da32f6e6622804ef659ebc58659db
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/c0e194d44933bd83bf9a4b126fca68ba7bf5098c
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/releases/tag/4.1.2
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/releases/tag/5.2.1
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/releases/tag/6.1.1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220209-0002/

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