GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/12/GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr/GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr
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Published
2019-12-13T15:39:32Z
Modified
2023-11-08T04:01:21.333117Z
Severity
  • 7.7 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
npm Vulnerable to Global node_modules Binary Overwrite
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-12-13T01:15:00Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22",
        "CWE-269"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T20:57:02Z"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / npm

Package

Name
npm
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Purl
pkg:npm/npm

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.13.4