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GHSA-pqj5-37xf-x5gc — blinksocks

GHSA-pqj5-37xf-x5gc is a Broken Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in blinksocks. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.

blinksocks has weak encryption algorithms

Also known asCVE-2023-50481
Published
Dec 21, 2023
Updated
Dec 21, 2023
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
None yet
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Sep 24, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.3%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs18th percentile — riskier than 18% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

1other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
blinksocksnpm
77downloads / week

Description

An issue was discovered in blinksocks version 3.3.8, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via weak encryption algorithms in the component /presets/ssr-auth-chain.js.

Affected Packages

1 total
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmblinksocksall versionsNo fix

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for blinksocks, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Remediation status

    No patched version of blinksocks has shipped for GHSA-pqj5-37xf-x5gc yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-pqj5-37xf-x5gc can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to GHSA-pqj5-37xf-x5gc. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

An issue was discovered in blinksocks version 3.3.8, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via weak encryption algorithms in the component `/presets/ssr-auth-chain.js`.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-pqj5-37xf-x5gc in your dependencies?

O3 Security finds GHSA-pqj5-37xf-x5gc across npm dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.

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