CVE-2023-38504 Sails DoS vulnerability for apps with sockets enabled

2023-07-2718:12:05

CWE-248

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

cve-2023-38504

sails

dos

vulnerability

node.js

real-time

mvc

framework

sockets

workaround

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

29.4%

JSON

Sails is a realtime MVC Framework for Node.js. In Sails apps prior to version 1.5.7, an attacker can send a virtual request that will cause the node process to crash. This behavior was fixed in Sails v1.5.7. As a workaround, disable the sockets hook and remove the sails.io.js client.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "balderdashy",
    "product": "sails",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 1.5.7",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]