CVE-2018-7160
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.
EPSS 9.87% · 95.4th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | nodejs | 0, 6.11.4~dfsg-1ubuntu1, 6.11.4~dfsg-1ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- CVE Published
- Feb 23, 2021 PoC Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 28, 2022 PoC Published
- Jan 9, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7160 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4796-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7160 third-party-advisory