CVE-2020-7693

Denial of Service (DoS)

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Published Jul 9, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 5.0% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

sockjs

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 0.3.20

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sockjs_project:sockjs:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-c9g6-9335-x697	Improper Input Validation in SocksJS-Node

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 5.0% (4.978% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/andsnw/sockjs-dos-py
https://github.com/sockjs/sockjs-node/commit/dd7e642cd69ee74385825816d30642c43e051d16
https://github.com/sockjs/sockjs-node/issues/252
https://github.com/sockjs/sockjs-node/pull/265
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7693
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-575448
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SOCKJS-575261
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7693

History

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Subscriptions

Sockjs Project Sockjs

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 12:16 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: snyk
Published: Jul 9, 2020, 1:20 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 12:16 AM
Reserved: Jan 21, 2020, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:25 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 9, 2020, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:25 AM

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Red Hat Updated: Jul 3, 2020, 12:00 AM

Severity: Low
Public date: Jul 3, 2020, 12:00 AM

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