CVE-2018-7161
All versions of Node.js 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is HIGH.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
All versions of Node.js 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is HIGH. An attacker can cause a denial of service (DoS) by causing a node server providing an http2 server to crash. This can be accomplished by interacting with the http2 server in a manner that triggers a cleanup bug where objects are used in native code after they are no longer available. This has been addressed by updating the http2 implementation.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.49% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- nodejs/node.js
- Source
- cve-request@iojs.org
EPSS 7.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106363Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106363Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.