Is socket.io 4.6 vulnerable?

npm · 3 releases from 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 · latest socket.io is 4.8.4 · checked 2 Nov 2026

No known advisories in the last release

socket.io 4.6.2, the last 4.6 release, has no known advisories. 1 advisory affects earlier 4.6.x releases, so update to 4.6.2.

Update within 4.6:npm install socket.io@4.6.2

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Fixed within 4.6.x, affecting earlier releases

  • 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

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