CVE-2018-7160

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 17, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: October 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNode.js

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.8.16.9.0 ≤ v < 6.14.08.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.8.18.9.0 ≤ v < 8.11.09.0.0 ≤ v < 9.10.0*^6.0.0 || ^8.0.0 || ^9.0.0
Affected range stops below 6.14.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.11.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.10.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-350CWE-290

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