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TI-2018-05188 Aliases CVE-2018-7164GHSA-32gr-2v7q-xgqj

Uncontrolled resource consumption in NodeJS Node.js

Priority MEDIUM 48CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

Node.js versions 9.7.0 and later and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is MEDIUM. A bug introduced in 9.7.0 increases the memory consumed when reading from the network into JavaScript using the net.Socket object directly as a stream. An attacker could use this cause a denial of service by sending tiny chunks of data in short succession. This vulnerability was restored by reverting to the prior behaviour.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.06214 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

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.js9.7.X+; 10.x+—No fix listedCNA
  • Node.js VendorNodeJS Affected 9.7.X+; 10.x+ Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.7.0 to before 9.11.2; 10.0.0 to before 10.4.1VulnerableNodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.7.0 to before 9.11.2; 10.0.0 to before 10.4.1 Vulnerable ·NodeJS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10
  • Red Hat Software Collections

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-7164
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-32gr-2v7q-xgqj
  3. 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Advisory 2

  • 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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