CVE-2019-16775 Information

Description

Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.3 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Write. It is possible for packages to create symlinks to files outside of thenode_modules folder through the bin field upon installation. A properly constructed entry in the package.json bin field would allow a package publisher to create a symlink pointing to arbitrary files on a user’s system when the package is installed. This behavior is still possible through install scripts. This vulnerability bypasses a user using the –ignore-scripts install option.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00027.html https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2020:0330 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0573 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0579 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0597 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0602 https://blog.npmjs.org/post/189618601100/binary-planting-with-the-npm-cli https://github.com/npm/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-m6cx-g6qm-p2cx https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z36UKPO5F3PQ3Q2POMF5LEKXWAH5RUFP/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5