CVE-2019-16776
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-12-13 00:55
Modified
2024-08-05 01:24
Severity ?
7.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
Unauthorized File Access in npm CLI before before version 6.13.3
References
security-advisories@github.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2020:0330Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0573Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0579Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0597Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0602Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://blog.npmjs.org/post/189618601100/binary-planting-with-the-npm-cliThird Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/npm/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-x8qc-rrcw-4r46Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z36UKPO5F3PQ3Q2POMF5LEKXWAH5RUFP/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
npmcli
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