CVE-2018-7160
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 17, 2018
- Updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 15, 2018
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
- CWE-350 Reliance on Reverse DNS Resolution for a Security-Critical Action
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Node.jsThe Node.js Project |
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References
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