CVE-2019-16777

Arbitrary File Overwrite in npm CLI

Description

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.

Categories

7.7
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.29%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: npm cli
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://blog.npmjs.org/post/189618601100/binary-planting-with-the-npm-cli third party advisory
https://github.com/npm/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00027.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z36UKPO5F3PQ3Q2POMF5LEKXWAH5RUFP/ vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2020:0330 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0573 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0579 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0597 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0602 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-16777?
CVE-2019-16777 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-16777?
To fix CVE-2019-16777, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-16777 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-16777 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-16777?
CVE-2019-16777 affects npm cli.
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