VDB
CVE-2019-16777
CVE-2019-16777
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.699999809265137 HIGH
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.
EPSS 2.13% · 81.2th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.699999809265137
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
2.13%
81.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | npm | 0, 1.3.10~dfsg-1, 1.2.18~dfsg-3 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | npm | 3.5.2-0ubuntu4, 0, 3.5.2-0ubuntu4.1.18.04.1~esm1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | npm | 3.5.2-0ubuntu4, *, * |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | npm | *, 5.8.0+ds6-4, 0 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | npm | 8.5.0~ds-1, 8.5.1~ds-1, * |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | npm | 9.2.0~ds1-2, 0, * |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | npm | 0, 9.2.0~ds1-3 |
Timeline
- Dec 12, 2019 CVE Published
- Oct 10, 2020 CVE Updated
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 8, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16777 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/npm/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr third-party-advisory
- https://blog.npmjs.org/post/189618601100/binary-planting-with-the-npm-cli third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16777 third-party-advisory