CVE-2018-7160The Node.js inspector, in 6.x and later is vulnerable to a DNS rebinding attack which could be exploited to perform remote code execution.
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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
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-350
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- nodejs
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
The Node.js Project Node.js node.js_project:node.js (from the name) | ^6.0.0 || ^8.0.0 || ^9.0.0 | CNA record |
nodejs node.js nodejs:node.js | from 6.0.0 through 6.8.1; from 6.9.0 before 6.14.0; from 8.0.0 through 8.8.1; from 8.9.0 before 8.11.0; from 9.0.0 before 9.10.0 | NVD |
References
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlx-refsource-misc
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2018-security-releases/x-refsource-confirm
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K63025104?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSSx-refsource-confirm
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