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CVE-2018-7160

nodejs: Inspector DNS rebinding vulnerability

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.8

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 8, 2018

Updated · October 9, 2026

Description

It was found that when a Node.js script is run in inspector mode, Node.js did not properly validate the Host header, leaving the inspector vulnerable to a DNS rebind attack and bypass same-origin policy. If a developer had an inspector session running, and was visiting a malicious website, the site could carry on a DNS rebind attack, allowing the site to have full access to the debugged script.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation