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TI-2018-05185 Aliases CVE-2018-7160

Authentication bypass by spoofing in NodeJS Node.js

Priority MEDIUM 52CWE-350Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-290.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.09493 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 4 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NodeJSNode.js^6.0.0 || ^8.0.0 || ^9.0.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Node.js VendorNodeJS Affected ^6.0.0 || ^8.0.0 || ^9.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*6.0.0 – 6.8.1VulnerableNodeJS
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*6.9.0 to before 6.14.0VulnerableNodeJS
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*8.0.0 – 8.8.1VulnerableNodeJS
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*8.9.0 to before 8.11.0VulnerableNodeJS
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*9.0.0 to before 9.10.0VulnerableNodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0 – 6.8.1 Vulnerable ·NodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 6.9.0 to before 6.14.0 Vulnerable ·NodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 8.0.0 – 8.8.1 Vulnerable ·NodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 8.9.0 to before 8.11.0 Vulnerable ·NodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 9.0.0 to before 9.10.0 Vulnerable ·NodeJS

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2018:2949 Released 2018-10-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    rh-nodejs8-nodejs security update
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.11.4-1.el7, rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.11.4-1.el7, rh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs-8.11.4-1.el7 +1
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.11.4-1.el7, rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.11.4-1.el7, rh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs-8.11.4-1.el7 +1
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.11.4-1.el7, rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.11.4-1.el7, rh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs-8.11.4-1.el7 +1
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.11.4-1.el7, rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.11.4-1.el7, rh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs-8.11.4-1.el7 +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Software CollectionsAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2018:2949
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4)Fixed RHSA-2018:2949
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5)Fixed RHSA-2018:2949
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2018:2949
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3
  • Red Hat Software Collections

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-7160
  2. 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2026-79288 Out-of-bounds write in Google Brotli decoder KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-01993 The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-03325 Command injection vulnerability in programing languages on Microsoft Windows operating system. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-03472 X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-03315 X.509 Email Address 4-byte Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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