CVE-2018-7160

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.

CVSS 3.1

8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

9.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-290, CWE-350

Published

2018-05-17

Modified

2026-10-08

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• nodejs:node.js

References

• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2018-security-releases/
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K63025104?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
• https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2018-security-releases/
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K63025104?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

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