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Unprotected Primary Channel Affecting node package, versions [6.0.0, 6.15.0)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.22% (60th percentile)
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NVD
8.1 high
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Red Hat
7.3 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-73599
  • published 24 Jan 2019
  • disclosed 28 Nov 2018
  • credit Ben Noordhuis
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Introduced: 28 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-12120 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-419 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade node to version 6.15.0 or higher.

Overview

node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unprotected Primary Channel. Debugger port 5858 listens on any interface by default: When the debugger is enabled with node --debug or node debug, it listens to port 5858 on all interfaces by default. This may allow remote computers to attach to the debug port and evaluate arbitrary JavaScript