What is CVE-2018-7408?

CVE-2018-7408 is a high-severity vulnerability in Npmjs Npm, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-7408?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Npmjs Npm

CVE-2018-7408

An issue was discovered in an npm 5.7.0 2018-02-21 pre-release (marked as "next: 5.7.0" and therefore automatically installed by an "npm upgrade -g npm" command, and also announced in the vendor's blog without mention of pre-release status…

EPSS: 0.003 (24.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Npmjs Npm — versions 5.7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7408?: CVE-2018-7408 is a high-severity vulnerability in Npmjs Npm, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-7408?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.