Improper Input Validation Affecting nodejs package, versions <8.11.3-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.86% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-NODEJS-14179257
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed13 Jun 2018

Introduced: 13 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-7161  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 nodejs to version 8.11.3-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs package and not the nodejs package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

All versions of Node.js 8.x, 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 server providing an http2 server to crash. This can be accomplished by interacting with the http2 server in a manner that triggers a cleanup bug where objects are used in native code after they are no longer available. This has been addressed by updating the http2 implementation.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1