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Access Restriction Bypass Affecting npm package, versions <5.7.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID npm:npm:20180222
  • published 21 Mar 2018
  • disclosed 22 Feb 2018
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 22 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-7408 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-284 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade npm to version 5.7.1 or higher.

Overview

npm is a package manager for JavaScript.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. It might allow local users to bypass intended filesystem access restrictions due to ownerships of /etc and /usr directories are being changed unexpectedly, related to a "correctMkdir" issue.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None