🛡️ CVE-2026-69185 on Ubuntu — node-socket.io-parser

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Socket.IO enables bidirectional and low-latency communication for every platform. Prior to 4.2.7, 3.4.5, and 3.3.6, a specially crafted Socket.IO packet can make the server wait for a large number of binary attachments and buffer them, which can be exploited to make the server run out of memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.7, 3.4.5, and 3.3.6.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-69185 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package node-socket.io-parser. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-69185 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-69185 is recorded against 1 package.

node-socket.io-parser

Timeline and source

Published on 3 August 2026 and last revised on 6 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

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

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2026-08-03

Updated 2026-08-11

Modified 2026-08-06

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
node-socket.io-parser	—	—

References

REPORT https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-69185

REPORT https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-69185

REPORT https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/security/advisories/GHSA-2m8v-j782-fhvr

REPORT https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/7c6ef571a00656718e9e05e3b948fd1758b2a7b4

REPORT https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/9c6323e5cde41bd75df3379b5fc9293664a5f240

REPORT https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/ced94ffa3ac020a8f3c14eb98a3bf34acb14d291

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