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",
      },
   ],
   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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