CVE-2018-12122

Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
2.7%
top 14.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 28
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service: An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending headers very slowly keeping HTTP or HTTPS connections and associated resources alive for a long period of time.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

NVDnodejs/node.js6.0.06.15.1+3
Debiannodejs< 10.15.0~dfsg-6+3
CVEListV5the_node.js_project/node.jsAll versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-6mxm-8w9r-4997: Node2022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2018-12122: Node2018-11-28
OSV
CVE-2018-12122: Node2018-11-28

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Node.js vulnerabilities2021-03-15
Red Hat
nodejs: Insufficient Slowloris fix causing DoS via server.headersTimeout bypass2019-02-28
Red Hat
nodejs: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service2018-11-27
Microsoft
Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0 8.14.0 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service: An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending headers very slowly keeping HTTP o2018-11-13
Debian
CVE-2018-12122: nodejs - Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Slowl...2018

💬Community

4
HackerOne
Fix for CVE-2018-12122 can be bypassed via keep-alive requests2020-02-13
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12122 nodejs: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service2018-12-19
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12122 nodejs: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service [fedora-all]2018-12-19
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12122 nodejs: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service [epel-all]2018-12-19