nodejs: Inspector DNS rebinding vulnerability
Published May 17, 2018
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 9.87%
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 products
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- Version ^6.0.0 || ^8.0.0 || ^9.0.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Node.js Project | Node.js | n/a |
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Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
rh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.11.4-1.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2018:2949
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUS
rh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.11.4-1.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2018:2949
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUS
rh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.11.4-1.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2018:2949
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
nodejs
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3
nodejs
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-nodejs4-nodejs
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-nodejs6-nodejs
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | rh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.11.4-1.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:2949 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUS | rh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.11.4-1.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:2949 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUS | rh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.11.4-1.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:2949 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | nodejs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | nodejs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-nodejs4-nodejs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-nodejs6-nodejs | Will not fix | n/a |
node-inspector
npm
Introduced 6.0 Fixed not fixed
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | node-inspector | 6.0 | not fixed |
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
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- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (28 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.87% (0.09872) | 95.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.92% (0.09916) | 94.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 2.35% (0.02349) | 83.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.17% (0.01169) | 76.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 57.04% (0.57037) | 97.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 1.17% (0.01169) | 76.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 11.57% (0.11569) | 92.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.17% (0.01169) | 77.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.86% (0.01864) | 88.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 3.26% (0.03260) | 90.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 3.31% (0.03312) | 90.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 3.23% (0.03226) | 90.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 8, 2023 | 3.27% (0.03269) | 90.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 3.15% (0.03153) | 89.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 11, 2023 | 4.38% (0.04381) | 91.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 4.35% (0.04346) | 91.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.13% (0.03128) | 89.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 89.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 11, 2023 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 89.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.84% (0.04836) | 88.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.84% (0.04836) | 74.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.94% (0.01940) | 48.31th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.94% (0.01940) | 47.78th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.94% (0.01940) | 76.33th | v1 |
| Jul 21, 2021 | 1.94% (0.01940) | 0.00th | v1 |
| Jun 24, 2021 | 1.46% (0.01459) | 0.00th | v1 |
| Jun 19, 2021 | 6.23% (0.06231) | 0.00th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.46% (0.01459) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7160 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1561979 Issue Tracking
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2018-security-releases/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7160
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K63025104?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7160
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7160 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1561979 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2018-security-releases/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7160 | ||
| https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K63025104?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7160 | ||
| https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory |
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