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Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package npm  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-NPM-1368736
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Dec 2019
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Introduced: 12 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-16776  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:8.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream npm package and not the npm package as distributed by RHEL.

Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.3 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Write. It fails to prevent access to folders outside of the intended node_modules folder through the bin field. A properly constructed entry in the package.json bin field would allow a package publisher to modify and/or gain access 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.