Improper Input Validation in SocksJS-Node

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.

Recommendation

Update the sockjs package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 0.3.20
• Patched version(s): 0.3.20

References

• GHSA-c9g6-9335-x697
• snyk.io
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2020-7693
• CWE-20
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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npm

sockjs