Unauthorized File Access Affecting npm package, versions <6.13.3
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- published 12 Dec 2019
- disclosed 11 Dec 2019
- credit Daniel Ruf
Introduced: 11 Dec 2019
CVE-2019-16775 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade npm
to version 6.13.3 or higher.
Overview
npm is a package manager for JavaScript.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unauthorized File Access. It is possible for packages to create symlinks to files outside of thenode_modules
folder through the bin
field upon installation.
For npm
, 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 behaviour is possible through install scripts. This vulnerability bypasses a user using the --ignore-scripts
install option.