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high 7.5

CVE-2018-7161 json

All versions of Node.js 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is HIGH.

published 2018-06-13 8 y ago modified 2026-10-08 31 d ago also EUVD-2018-18903

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.5%
EPSS 7.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • nodejs node.js 8.11.3, 9.11.2, 10.4.1
  • nodejs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 10.15.0~dfsg-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7161

  • nodejs Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7161

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  • rh-nodejs8-nodejs RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 8.11.4-1.el7
  • rh-nodejs8-npm RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.6.0-8.11.4.1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:2949

  • nodejs8 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 8.11.3-3.5.1
  • firefox-atk SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.26.1-2.8.4
  • mozilla-nss SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.45-38.9.3
  • firefox-gtk3 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.10.9-2.15.3
  • mozilla-nspr SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 4.21-29.6.1
  • firefox-cairo SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 1.15.10-2.13.4
  • firefox-glib2 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.54.3-2.14.7
  • firefox-pango SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 1.40.14-2.7.4

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1SUSE-SU-2018:1918-1

  • nodejs Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +14 more 8.11.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-7161

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-7161 updated cvss 7.5

nodejs: denial of service (DoS) by causing a node server providing an http2 server to crash

  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-nodejs8-nodejs 8.11.4-1.el7, rh-nodejs8-npm 5.6.0-8.11.4.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-nodejs8-nodejs 8.11.4-1.el7, rh-nodejs8-npm 5.6.0-8.11.4.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-nodejs8-nodejs 8.11.4-1.el7, rh-nodejs8-npm 5.6.0-8.11.4.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-nodejs8-nodejs 8.11.4-1.el7, rh-nodejs8-npm 5.6.0-8.11.4.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2949
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 npm, nodejs, nodejs-libs, nodejs-nodemon, nodejs-full-i18n, nodejs-packaging, +1 more Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 nodejs Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes nodejs Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 logging-kibana, logging-auth-proxy Red Hat Software Collections rh-nodejs4-nodejs, rh-nodejs6-nodejs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
31 d ago

Exploit prediction

7.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • The Node.js Project Node.js

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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