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CVE-2018-12116

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12116 is a high-severity HTTP request splitting vulnerability affecting Node.js versions prior to 6.15.0 and 8.14.0, as well as various SUSE products utilizing Node.js. An attacker can exploit this by injecting unsanitized Unicode data into the path option of an HTTP request, tricking Node.js into making an additional, attacker-controlled request to the same server. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.0.0, <= 6.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
>= 6.9.0, < 6.15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
>= 8.9.0, < 8.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_enterprise_storage:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0461 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16918-16820Fixed in: 14.17.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 nodejs 14.17.2-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 14.17.2-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.16.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.16.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.16.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.16.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: nodejs
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: nodejs
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-nodejs4-nodejs
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-nodejs6-nodejs

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2018-12116Moderate

nodejs: HTTP request splitting

Nov 27, 2018
microsoft2018-Nov/CVE-2018-12116Important

Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0 and 8.14.0: HTTP request splitting: If Node.js can be convinced to use unsanitized user-provided Unicode data for the `path` option of an HTTP request then data can be provided which will trigger a second unexpected and user-defined HTTP request to made to the same server.

Nov 13, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:1821
Third Party Advisory
nodejs.org / en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-48
Third Party Advisory