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CVE-2018-7159Suited to automated attack · CISA

Vulnerability in The Node.js Project

CVSS score

5.3

EPSS probability

%3.6

Risk score

0.2

Published

8 y ago

Overview Public Exploits (0)Newsroom Vulnerability Timeline

Vulnerability Timeline (Change History)

CVE-2018-7159 historical changes made to the vulnerability by NVD, CISA and MITRE:

Date	Actor / Source	Action / Description	Type	Previous value	New value
08.10.2026	nvd@nist.gov	Initial Analysis & CVSS Vector Assignment	CVSS V3.1	—	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
17.05.2018	CISA Coordinator	SSVC Risk Re-assessment	SSVC / KEV	exploitation: none	exploitation: none
17.05.2018	MITRE / NVD	New CVE Record Received & Ingested	CVE Created	—	CVE-2018-7159

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