CVE-2018-7162

HIGH

Nodejs Node.js < 9.11.2 - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0102
EPSS Percentile 76.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-20
Status published

Affected Products (1)

nodejs/node.js < 9.11.2

Timeline

Published Jun 13, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026