Is socket.io 1.4 vulnerable?

npm · 9 releases from 1.4.0 to 1.4.8 · latest socket.io is 4.8.4 · checked 2 Nov 2026

Yes: 2 known advisories

Yes. socket.io 1.4.8, the last 1.4 release, is affected by 2 known security advisories (2 medium), including CVE-2024-38355, CVE-2020-28481. Upgrade to 2.5.1 or later to fix all of them.

Upgrade with:npm install socket.io@2.5.1

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Advisories affecting socket.io 1.4.8

  • MediumCVE-2024-38355GHSA-25hc-qcg6-38wj19 Jun 2024

    socket.io has an unhandled 'error' event

    Affected
    <2.5.1 · >=3.0.0 <4.6.2
    Fixed in
    2.5.1, 4.6.2
  • MediumCVE-2020-28481GHSA-fxwf-4rqh-v8g320 Jan 2021

    CORS misconfiguration in socket.io

    Affected
    <2.4.0
    Fixed in
    2.4.0

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