Privilege escalation in Npm Cli
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 globa…
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.020 (78.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Npm Cli — versions < 6.13.4
- Npmjs Npm
- Oracle Graalvm — versions 19.3.0.2
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 8.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_eus — versions 8.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-16777?
- CVE-2019-16777 is a high-severity vulnerability in Npm Cli, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2019-12-13.
- How severe is CVE-2019-16777?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.