CVE-2018-12122 Denial of service in Node.js

What is CVE-2018-12122?

CVE-2018-12122 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js, published on 28 Nov 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service: An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending headers very slowly keeping HTTP or HTTPS connections and associated resources alive for a long period of time.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12122?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Nodejs Node.js, Suse Suse Enterprise Storage, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Suse Suse Openstack Cloud.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12122?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2018-12122 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12122 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Nodejs Node.js

• CVE-2023-32002 Security feature bypass in Node Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-6303 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-15896 Security feature bypass in Node.js Critical 9.1
• CVE-2018-7160 Server-side request forgery in Node.js High 8.8
• CVE-2018-12120 Misconfiguration in Node.js High 8.1

All Nodejs Node.js vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-12122, CLEANSTART-2026-CR87870, CLEANSTART-2026-IA30911, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12122, GHSA-6mxm-8w9r-4997, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12122.