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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2022-5619 | 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. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-wq4c-wm6x-jw44 | Withdrawn Advisory: Node.js Inspector RCE via DNS Rebinding |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4796-1 | Node.js vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: nodejs
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-17T01:35:37.449Z
Reserved: 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-7160
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-05-17T14:29:00.827
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:42.010
Link: CVE-2018-7160
OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD
Github GHSA
Ubuntu USN