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CVE-2018-7160: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

May 13, 2022 (updated July 20, 2023)

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.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-wq4c-wm6x-jw44
  • nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2018-security-releases/
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7160
  • support.f5.com/csp/article/K63025104?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
  • www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 6.0

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
  • CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Source file

npm/node-inspector/CVE-2018-7160.yml

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