CVE-2022-32212

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-07-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

A OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in Node.js versions <14.20.0, <16.20.0, <18.5.0 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.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 10.0, 11.0
Fedoraproject Fedora: 35, 36, 37
Node.js: from 14.0.0 through 14.14.0; from 14.15.0 before 14.20.1; from 16.0.0 through 16.12.0; from 16.13.0 before 16.17.1; from 18.0.0 before 18.5.0 — fixed in 14.20.1, 16.17.1, 18.5.0
Siemens SINEC INS: before 1.0; 1.0, 1.0-sp1 — fixed in 1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Node.js 14.20.1, 16.17.1, 18.5.0; Siemens SINEC INS 1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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