CVE•Published 2018-11-28•Modified 2026-10-08•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2018-12122Nodejs · Node.js
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
99
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 1% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service: An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending headers very slowly keeping HTTP or HTTPS connections and associated resources alive for a long period of time.
Timeline
Published 2018-11-28
Modified 2026-10-08
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2018-12122Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Nodejs Node.js"All exposed Nodejs Node.js instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Node.js"HTTP body or banner mentions "Node.js" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2018-12122Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2018-12122Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2018-12122Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2018-12122GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2018-12122" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2018-12122 on GitHub.