TI-2023-19884 Aliases CVE-2023-38504 GHSA-gpw9-fwm8-7rx7

Sails DoS vulnerability for apps with sockets enabled

MEDIUM 41CWE-248Published 2023-07-27 · Updated 2024-10-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-248.

Summary

Sails is a realtime MVC Framework for Node.js. In Sails apps prior to version 1.5.7,, an attacker can send a virtual request that will cause the node process to crash. This behavior was fixed in Sails v1.5.7. As a workaround, disable the sockets hook and remove the `sails.io.js` client.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00937 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed sails (balderdashy): 1.5.7sails (npm): 1.5.7

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
balderdashy	sails	before 1.5.7	1.5.7	Patch available	CNA
—	sails (npm)	before 1.5.7	1.5.7	Patch available	GHSA-gpw9-fwm8-7rx7

sails Vendorbalderdashy Affected before 1.5.7 Fixed in 1.5.7 Patch available CNA
sails (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.5.7 Fixed in 1.5.7 Patch available GHSA-gpw9-fwm8-7rx7

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sailsjs:sails::::::node.js::*	before 1.5.7	Vulnerable	Sailsjs

cpe:2.3:a:sailsjs:sails:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 1.5.7 Vulnerable ·Sailsjs

Remediation

Fix · CNA sails (balderdashy) Fixed in 1.5.7
Fix · GHSA-gpw9-fwm8-7rx7 sails (npm) Fixed in 1.5.7 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-38504
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gpw9-fwm8-7rx7

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/balderdashy/sails/commit/4a023dc5095a4b30fdc8535f705ed34cd22d2f7d

Advisory 2

Other 3

TI-2021-20324 SailsJS Sails.js <=1.4.0 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-14998 Sails.js before v1.0.0-46 allows attackers to cause a denial of service with a single… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2016-08590 Improper access control in HackerOne sails node module CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 4.4

Sources

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