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Unauthorized File Access Affecting npm Open this link in a new tab package, versions <6.13.3

0.0
low

  • Exploit Maturity

    Proof of concept

  • Attack Complexity

    High

  • User Interaction

    Required

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-JS-NPM-537604

  • published

    12 Dec 2019

  • disclosed

    11 Dec 2019

  • credit

    Daniel Ruf

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Introduced: 11 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-16775 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-552 Open this link in a new tab

How 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.