# CVE-2022-41940: Uncaught exception in engine.io

- Also known as: GHSA-R7QP-CFHV-P84W
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.6.1, 6.2.1
- Published: 2022-11-22 · Updated: 2025-04-22

## Affected

- socketio engine.io: fixed in 3.6.1; from 4.0.0, fixed in 6.2.1
- engine.io (npm): fixed in 3.6.1
- engine.io (npm): from 4.0.0, fixed in 6.2.1

## 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, including those who uses depending packages like socket.io. There is no known workaround except upgrading to a safe version. There are patches for this issue released in versions 3.6.1 and 6.2.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on socketio engine.io, engine.io, upgrade to a fixed version (3.6.1, 6.2.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/security/advisories/GHSA-r7qp-cfhv-p84w
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/425e833ab13373edf1dd5a0706f07100db14e3c6
- https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/83c4071af871fc188298d7d591e95670bf9f9085

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