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Unscored CVE-2018-7160 EUVD-2022-5619GHSA-wq4c-wm6x-jw44

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. …

Published May 17, 2018 · Updated Oct 8, 2026 · Assigned by nodejs

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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
The Node.js Project Node.js ^6.0.0 || ^8.0.0 || ^9.0.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 nodejs 8.11.1~dfsg-2 —
Debian 13 nodejs 8.11.1~dfsg-2 —
Debian 12 nodejs 8.11.1~dfsg-2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS nodejs 8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm1 USN-4796-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS nodejs 4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2+esm1 USN-4796-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS nodejs 0.10.25~dfsg2-2ubuntu1.2+esm1 USN-4796-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 3 rh-nodejs8-nodejs +2 8.11.4-1.el7 RHSA-2018:2949
RHEL 3 rh-nodejs8-npm 5.6.0-8.11.4.1.el7 RHSA-2018:2949
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 nodejs6 6.14.1-11.12.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1183-1
SLES 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-78.51.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED 68-21.9.8 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-atk 2.26.1-2.8.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-cairo 1.15.10-2.13.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-gdk-pixbuf 2.36.11-2.8.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-glib2 2.54.3-2.14.7 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-gtk3 3.10.9-2.15.3 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-harfbuzz 1.7.5-2.7.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-libffi 3.2.1.git259-2.3.3 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-libffi-gcc5 5.3.1+r233831-14.1 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-pango 1.40.14-2.7.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 mozilla-nspr 4.21-29.6.1 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 mozilla-nss 3.45-38.9.3 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 nodejs6 6.14.1-11.12.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1183-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 nodejs6 6.14.1-11.12.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1183-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.24 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Show 12 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.19 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.11 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.11 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.10 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.10 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.9 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.9 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.8 nodejs 8.11.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.8 nodejs-current 9.10.0-r0 —

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