CVE-2018-7160

nodejs: Inspector DNS rebinding vulnerability

Published May 17, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 9.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-5619 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wq4c-wm6x-jw44 Withdrawn Advisory: Node.js Inspector RCE via DNS Rebinding
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4796-1 Node.js vulnerabilities
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01169}

epss

{'score': 0.01088}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
nodejs
Published
Updated
Oct 8, 2026, 9:14 PM
Reserved
Feb 15, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 17, 2018, 2:29 PM
Modified
Oct 8, 2026, 10:16 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 8, 2018, 12:00 AM