7.7
High
CVE-2019-16777 Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.4 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Overwrite
Description
Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.4 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Overwrite. It fails to prevent existing globally-installed binaries to be overwritten by other package installations. For example, if a package was installed globally and created a serve binary, any subsequent installs of packages that also create a serve binary would overwrite the previous serve binary. This behavior is still allowed in local installations and also through install scripts. This vulnerability bypasses a user using the --ignore-scripts install option.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| cli 6.13 | earliest → < 6.13.4 | 6.13.4 |
References
- blog.npmjs.org blog.npmjs.org
- github.com github.com
- www.oracle.com www.oracle.com
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0059 lists.opensuse.org
- FEDORA-2020-595ce5e3cc lists.fedoraproject.org
- RHEA-2020:0330 access.redhat.com
- RHSA-2020:0573 access.redhat.com
- RHSA-2020:0579 access.redhat.com
- RHSA-2020:0597 access.redhat.com
- RHSA-2020:0602 access.redhat.com
- GLSA-202003-48 security.gentoo.org
Timeline
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