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HIGHCVSS 8.8

CVE-2018-7160

CVE-2018-7160 updated by NVD

Modified
2026-09-20
Sources
nvd

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.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffected versionsFixed versions
Node.jsnode.js[object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object]

References

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