Withdrawn Advisory: Node.js Inspector RCE via DNS Rebinding
## Withdrawn Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because this vulnerability affects inspector code in https://github.com/nodejs/node, not the [legacy debugger](https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector#legacy-debugger) at https://github.com/node-inspector/node-inspector. https://github.com/nodejs/node is not in a [supported ecosystem](https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/README.md#supported-ecosystems). ## Original 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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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-7160US | high8.8 | — | ||
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 webs… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e3950d1a402b80e4098a40aacddd6a104da0cfa9WEB
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2018-security-releasesWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7160ADVISORY
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K63025104?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSSWEB
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlWEB
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