Node.js Networking MIT Latest: socket.io@4.8.4

Socket.IO

Bidirectional event-based communication library for real-time web applications

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socket.io@4.8.4

Latest Release · 27 days ago

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Security

Known Vulnerabilities

3 active CVEs reported via OSV.dev

GHSA-25hc-qcg6-38wj CVSS_V3

socket.io has an unhandled 'error' event

Published: 2024-06-19 Fixed in: 2.5.1

GHSA-fxwf-4rqh-v8g3 CVSS_V3

CORS misconfiguration in socket.io

Published: 2021-01-20 Fixed in: 2.4.0

GHSA-qv2v-m59f-v5fw CVSS_V3

Insecure randomness in socket.io

Published: 2018-11-07 Fixed in: 0.9.7

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