ghsa-4328-8hgf-7wjr
Vulnerability from github
Published
2019-12-13 15:39
Modified
2022-08-11 00:00
Severity ?
7.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "npm"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.13.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-16777"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-22",
      "CWE-269"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T20:57:02Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-12-13T01:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "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. \n\nFor 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.\n\nThis behavior is still allowed in local installations and also through install scripts. This vulnerability bypasses a user using the --ignore-scripts install option.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpgrade to version 6.13.4 or later.",
  "id": "GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr",
  "modified": "2022-08-11T00:00:45Z",
  "published": "2019-12-13T15:39:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16777"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2020:0330"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0573"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0579"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0597"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0602"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://blog.npmjs.org/post/189618601100/binary-planting-with-the-npm-cli"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4328-8hgf-7wjr"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z36UKPO5F3PQ3Q2POMF5LEKXWAH5RUFP"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1437"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00027.html"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "npm Vulnerable to Global node_modules Binary Overwrite"
}


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