{"id":"CVE-2018-7160","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-7160","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:48:40.508Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-05-17T14:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-08T22:16:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve-request@iojs.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-350","CWE-290"],"affected":["nodejs/node.js"],"epss":{"score":0.09493,"percentile":0.95416,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2018-security-releases/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve-request@iojs.org"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K63025104?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS","source":"cve-request@iojs.org"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve-request@iojs.org"},{"url":"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2018-security-releases/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K63025104?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7160","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}