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CVE-2022-43548

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-43548 is an OS Command Injection vulnerability affecting Node.js versions prior to 14.21.1, 16.18.1, 18.12.1, and 19.0.1. This flaw stems from an incomplete fix for a previous vulnerability, allowing attackers to bypass host checks and perform rebinding attacks. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 14.0.0, <= 14.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
>= 14.15.0, < 14.21.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
>= 16.0.0, <= 16.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
>= 16.13.0, < 16.18.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
>= 18.0.0, <= 18.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1402 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (13)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18530-16820Fixed in: 14.21.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18531-16823Fixed in: 16.18.1-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 nodejs 14.21.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 14.21.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 nodejs 16.18.1-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 16.18.1-2
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nodejs:14-8070020221212161539.bd1311ed
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: nodejs:14-8040020230306170312.522a0ee4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: nodejs:14-8060020230306170237.ad008a3a
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: nodejs:18-9010020221118120946.rhel9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: nodejs-1:16.18.1-3.el9_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-nodejs14-nodejs-0:14.21.1-3.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon-0:2.0.20-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nodejs:18-8070020221118123310.bd1311ed
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nodejs:16-8070020221207164159.bd1311ed
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Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Dec/CVE-2022-43548Important

A OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in Node.js versions <14.21.1 <16.18.1 <18.12.1 <19.0.1 due to an insufficient IsAllowedHost check that can easily be bypassed because IsIPAddress does not properly check if an IP address is invalid before making DBS requests allowing rebinding attacks.The fix for this issue in https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-32212 was incomplete and this new CVE is to complete the fix.

Dec 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-43548Moderate

nodejs: DNS rebinding in inspect via invalid octal IP address

Nov 4, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00038.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
nodejs.org / en/blog/vulnerability/november-2022-security-releases
PatchVendor Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230120-0004
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230427-0007
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5326
Third Party Advisory