BREW-GDBGUI-CVE-2019-13611 (GHSA-J3JP-GVR5-7HWQ)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:49 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:59 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
python-engineio vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Details

WebSocket cross-origin vulnerability

Impact

This is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. It affects Socket.IO and Engine.IO web servers that authenticate clients using cookies.

Patches

python-engineio version 3.9.0 patches this vulnerability by adding server-side Origin header checks.

Workarounds

Do not use cookies for client authentication, or else add a CSRF token to the connection URL.

References

https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_(CSRF) https://www.christian-schneider.net/CrossSiteWebSocketHijacking.html

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in python-engineio

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "fix": "bump",
        "range_state": "fixed",
        "resource": "python-engineio",
        "resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/python-engineio@4.12.2",
        "upstream_fixed_in": "3.9.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Homebrew",
        "name": "gdbgui",
        "purl": "pkg:brew/gdbgui"
      },
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    "source": "matched",
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      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "## WebSocket cross-origin vulnerability\n\n### Impact\nThis is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. It affects Socket.IO and Engine.IO web servers that authenticate clients using cookies.\n\n### Patches\npython-engineio version 3.9.0 patches this vulnerability by adding server-side Origin header checks.\n\n### Workarounds\nDo not use cookies for client authentication, or else add a CSRF token to the connection URL.\n\n### References\nhttps://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_(CSRF)\nhttps://www.christian-schneider.net/CrossSiteWebSocketHijacking.html\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [python-engineio](http://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-engineio)",
  "id": "BREW-gdbgui-CVE-2019-13611",
  "modified": "2026-09-09T23:59:59Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T16:49:15Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-engineio/security/advisories/GHSA-j3jp-gvr5-7hwq"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13611"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-engineio/issues/128"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/python-engineio/PYSEC-2019-170.yaml"
    }
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
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  ],
  "summary": "python-engineio vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) ",
  "upstream": [
    "GHSA-j3jp-gvr5-7hwq",
    "CVE-2019-13611",
    "PYSEC-2019-170"
  ]
}



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