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CVE-2019-16777

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.

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

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Software From Fixed in
npmjs / npm - 6.13.4
opensuse / leap 15.1 15.1.x
oracle / graalvm 19.3.0.2 19.3.0.2.x
fedoraproject / fedora 31 31.x
redhat / enterprise_linux 8.0 8.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_eus 8.1 8.1.x
Node.js icon npm - 6.13.4