6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
5.5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
55.9%
Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.4 are vulnerable to a Global node_modules Binary 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 first binary. This will not overwrite system binaries but only binaries put into the global node_modules directory.
This behavior is still allowed in local installations and also through install scripts. This vulnerability bypasses a user using the --ignore-scripts install option.
Upgrade to version 6.13.4 or later.
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00027.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2020:0330
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0573
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0579
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0597
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0602
blog.npmjs.org/post/189618601100/binary-planting-with-the-npm-cli
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr
github.com/npm/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Z36UKPO5F3PQ3Q2POMF5LEKXWAH5RUFP/
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16777
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48
www.npmjs.com/advisories/1437
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
5.5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
55.9%