CVE-2018-7160: nodejs node.js
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-7160 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in nodejs node.js. EPSS estimates a 9.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3Timeline
- 17-05-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · NpmEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
9.49%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.38 pp
From 9.87% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-350Reliance on Reverse DNS Resolution for a Security-Critical ActionThe product performs reverse DNS resolution on an IP address to obtain the hostname and make a security decision, but it does not properly ensure that the IP address is truly associated with the hostname.
- CWE-290Authentication Bypass by SpoofingThis attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine2 products
- nodejs< 8.11.0-r0
- nodejs-current< 9.10.0-r0
Debian1 product
- nodejs< 8.11.1~dfsg-2
Nodejs1 product
- node.js≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.8.1 | ≥ 6.9.0, < 6.14.0 | ≥ 8.0.0, ≤ 8.8.1 | ≥ 8.9.0, < 8.11.0 | ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.10.0
Npm1 product
- node-inspector≥ 6.0 (No fix recorded)
The node.js project1 product
- node.js^6.0.0 || ^8.0.0 || ^9.0.0
Ubuntu1 product
- nodejs< 8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm1
6 vendors · 7 products
