VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-7162

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability6.89%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-13
Last modified2026-10-08
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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 classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references