CVE-2019-16777 (GCVE-0-2019-16777)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-13 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:24
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Title
Arbitrary File Overwrite in npm CLI
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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npm cli Affected: < 6.13.4 , < 6.13.4 (custom)
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