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CVE-2026-102600: Socket.IO: Prototype Pollution via Unsafe Client Session Lookup

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-29 · updated 2026-09-30
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Socket.IO enables bidirectional and low-latency communication for every platform. Prior to 0.1.1, @socket.io/cluster-engine uses inherited object properties when looking up attacker-controlled session IDs in clustered deployments. Special property names such as __proto__ or constructor can resolve through the object prototype chain instead of identifying an actual connected client, causing the Node.js process to crash and resulting in denial of service. Applications that do not use @socket.io/cluster-engine are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 0.1.1.

Affected products

• socketio socket.io: before 0.1.1
• @socket.io cluster-engine: before 0.1.1

References

• https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/830e3642ebb8dc3784eb749b0a004fe2b932b429
• https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/releases/tag/@socket.io/cluster-engine@0.1.1
• https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/security/advisories/GHSA-wfpm-5gcm-94cg

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