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CVE-2018-7160

CVE-2018-7160HIGH

The Node.js inspector, in 6.x and later is vulnerable to a DNS rebinding attack which could be exploited to perform remote code execution.

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    8.8   .0987   95.5     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                      Fixed
  Node.js  ^6.0.0 || ^8.0.0 || ^9.0.0 –  —

TIMELINE
  Feb 15  Reserved by nodejs
  May 17  Published (CNA: nodejs)
  Oct 8   ENRICHED — CVE-2018-7160 (The Node.js Project Node.js). Received CVSS 8.8 and CPE data from NVD.

CWE-290, CWE-350 · CNA: nodejs · CVSS v3.1 · 3 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

The Node.js inspector, in 6.x and later is vulnerable to a DNS rebinding attack which could be exploited to perform remote code execution. An attack is possible from malicious websites open in a web browser on the same computer, or another computer with network access to the computer running the Node.js process. A malicious website could use a DNS rebinding attack to trick the web browser to bypass same-origin-policy checks and to allow HTTP connections to localhost or to hosts on the local network. If a Node.js process with the debug port active is running on localhost or on a host on the local network, the malicious website could connect to it as a debugger, and get full code execution access.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
February 15, 2018	Reserved	Reserved by nodejs
May 17, 2018	Published	Published (CNA: nodejs)
October 8, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2018-7160 (The Node.js Project Node.js). Received CVSS 8.8 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
The Node.js Project	Node.js	—	^6.0.0 \|\| ^8.0.0 \|\| ^9.0.0	—

Weaknesses

CWE-290 · CWE-350

References (3)

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2018-security-releases/ [Vendor Advisory]
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K63025104?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2018-7160 at cve.org

Vendors: the node.js project

Weaknesses: CWE-290 · CWE-350

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