GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr
npm Vulnerable to Global node_modules Binary Overwrite
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2019-16777
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Description
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. ## Recommendation Upgrade to version 6.13.4 or later.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · npm | introduced 0, fixed 6.13.4 |
References
- https://github.com/npm/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16777 ADVISORY
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2020:0330 WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0573 WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0579 WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0597 WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0602 WEB
- https://blog.npmjs.org/post/189618601100/binary-planting-with-the-npm-cli WEB
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr ADVISORY
- https://github.com/npm/cli PACKAGE
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z36UKPO5F3PQ3Q2POMF5LEKXWAH5RUFP WEB
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48 WEB
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1437 WEB
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html WEB
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00027.html WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |