{"id":"CVE-2022-21667","aliases":["EUVD-2022-0520","GHSA-86ch-6w7v-v6xf"],"status":"published","title":"Denial of Service in soketi","description":"soketi is an open-source WebSockets server. There is an unhandled case when reading POST requests which results in the server crashing if it could not read the body of a request. In the event that a POST request is sent to any endpoint of the server with an empty body, even unauthenticated with the Pusher Protocol, it will crash the server. All users that run the server are affected by this vulnerability and it's highly recommended to upgrade to the latest patch. There are no workarounds for this issue.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01676,"percentile":0.77045,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-755"],"published":"2022-01-07T17:10:11Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:02Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"@soketi/soketi","fixed_in":["0.24.1"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"@soketi/soketi","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.24.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"@soketi/soketi","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.24.1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"soketi","product":"soketi"},{"vendor":"soketi_project","product":"soketi"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/soketi/soketi/security/advisories/GHSA-86ch-6w7v-v6xf","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/soketi/soketi/commit/4b12efef9c31117c36a0a0f1c3aa32114e86364b","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/soketi/soketi/releases/tag/0.24.1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Release Notes","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21667","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-86ch-6w7v-v6xf"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/21xxx/CVE-2022-21667.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/soketi/soketi","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-21667","title":"Denial of Service in soketi","description":"soketi is an open-source WebSockets server. There is an unhandled case when reading POST requests which results in the server crashing if it could not read the body of a request. In the event that a POST request is sent to any endpoint of the server with an empty body, even unauthenticated with the Pusher Protocol, it will crash the server. All users that run the server are affected by this vulnerability and it's highly recommended to upgrade to the latest patch. There are no workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2022-01-07T17:10:11Z","modified":"2025-04-23T19:14:18.314Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-755"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:29.057251Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-0520","description":"soketi is an open-source WebSockets server. There is an unhandled case when reading POST requests which results in the server crashing if it could not read the body of a request. In the event that a POST request is sent to any endpoint of the server with an empty body, even unauthenticated with the Pusher Protocol, it will crash the server. All users that run the server are affected by this vulnerability and it's highly recommended to upgrade to the latest patch. There are no workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2022-01-07T17:10:11Z","modified":"2025-04-23T19:14:18Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:52:06.891582Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-86ch-6w7v-v6xf","title":"Denial of Service in soketi","description":"### Impact\n_What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?_\n\nThere was a wrong behavior when reading POST requests, making the server crash if it couldn't read the body. In case a POST request was sent to any endpoint of the server with an empty body, **even unauthenticated with the Pusher Protocol**, it would simply just crash the server for trying to send a response after the request closed.\n\nAll users that run the server are affected by it and it's highly recommended to upgrade to the latest patch.\n\n### Patches\n_Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_\n\nUpdating to at least 0.24.1 or the latest version.\n\n### Workarounds\n_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_\n\nNo. Upgrading is the only solution.\n\n### References\n_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_\n\nhttps://github.com/soketi/soketi/releases/tag/0.24.1\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [the issues board](https://github.com/soketi/soketi/issues)\n* Email us at [alex@renoki.org](mailto:alex@renoki.org)\n","status":"published","published":"2022-01-08T00:24:44Z","modified":"2023-02-03T05:03:57Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-755"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:41.967989Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2022-21667","description":"soketi is an open-source WebSockets server. There is an unhandled case when reading POST requests which results in the server crashing if it could not read the body of a request. In the event that a POST request is sent to any endpoint of the server with an empty body, even unauthenticated with the Pusher Protocol, it will crash the server. All users that run the server are affected by this vulnerability and it's highly recommended to upgrade to the latest patch. There are no workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2022-01-10T14:12:31.747Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:26:43.3Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-755"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:10.836864Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2022-21667","title":"Denial of Service in soketi","description":"soketi is an open-source WebSockets server. There is an unhandled case when reading POST requests which results in the server crashing if it could not read the body of a request. In the event that a POST request is sent to any endpoint of the server with an empty body, even unauthenticated with the Pusher Protocol, it will crash the server. All users that run the server are affected by this vulnerability and it's highly recommended to upgrade to the latest patch. There are no workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2022-01-07T17:10:11Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:02.722246868Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-755"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:23.655778Z"},{"id":"GHSA-86ch-6w7v-v6xf","title":"Denial of Service in soketi","description":"### Impact\n_What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?_\n\nThere was a wrong behavior when reading POST requests, making the server crash if it couldn't read the body. In case a POST request was sent to any endpoint of the server with an empty body, **even unauthenticated with the Pusher Protocol**, it would simply just crash the server for trying to send a response after the request closed.\n\nAll users that run the server are affected by it and it's highly recommended to upgrade to the latest patch.\n\n### Patches\n_Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_\n\nUpdating to at least 0.24.1 or the latest version.\n\n### Workarounds\n_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_\n\nNo. Upgrading is the only solution.\n\n### References\n_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_\n\nhttps://github.com/soketi/soketi/releases/tag/0.24.1\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [the issues board](https://github.com/soketi/soketi/issues)\n* Email us at [alex@renoki.org](mailto:alex@renoki.org)\n","status":"published","published":"2022-01-08T00:24:44Z","modified":"2023-11-08T04:08:06.935571Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-755"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:42.077781Z"}]}}