It was found that the 'path' module from Node.js was vulnerable to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (REDoS) flaw. An attacker able to provide a specially crafted file path to a Node.js script could force it to hang indefinitely.
Find out more about CVE-2018-7158 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.9 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-nodejs6-nodejs | Not affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-nodejs8-nodejs | Not affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-nodejs4-nodejs | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | nodejs | Not affected |
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