Critical

Zalgo-like output that crashes the server

  • Disclosed: 12.01.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

colors package caused zalgo-like output (see https://github.com/soketi/soketi/issues/276, https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/issues/289), breaking the servers.

Only NPM users that recently upgraded or installed the NPM package are affected.

Docker users seem to not be affected as the dependencies were bundled at the time of the build, which were tested.

Patches

Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?

Latest patch. 0.26.1 to be exact at the time of writing.

Workarounds

Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?

You cannot get around this as it's related to dependencies.

References

Are there any links users can visit to find out more?

For more information

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package @soketi/soketi < 0.26.1 0.26.1

References

CVSS score -
Weakness (CWE)
-
Platform
npm
Package
@soketi/soketi
Disclosed
12.01.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-2w8g-m5j8-7m87 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: @soketi/soketi

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
3
First → latest
01.2022 08.2023
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 2
  • High 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 2
  2. 2023: 1
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 0
  1. Critical · 9.8 ghsa-g6w6-h933-4rc5 < 1.6.0 1.6.0
  2. Zalgo-like output that crashes the server this entry
    Critical ghsa-2w8g-m5j8-7m87 < 0.26.1 0.26.1
  3. High · 7.5 CVE-2022-21667 < 0.24.1 0.24.1

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