CVE-2018-7162 Denial of service in Node.js

What is CVE-2018-7162?

CVE-2018-7162 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js, published on 13 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

All versions of Node.js 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 process which provides an http server supporting TLS server to crash. This can be accomplished by sending duplicate/unexpected messages during the handshake. This vulnerability has been addressed by updating the TLS implementation.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7162?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nodejs Node.js.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7162?

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-2018-7162 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7162 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• 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
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7162, GHSA-h4wv-8vxr-jgjq.