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.
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| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2019-0774 | 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. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr | npm Vulnerable to Global node_modules Binary Overwrite |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T01:24:47.252Z
Reserved: 2019-09-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-16777
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-12-13T01:15:11.007
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:31:10.213
Link: CVE-2019-16777
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