VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-7408

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-02-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered in an npm 5.7.0 2018-02-21 pre-release (marked as "next: 5.7.0" and therefore automatically installed by an "npm upgrade -g npm" command, and also announced in the vendor's blog without mention of pre-release status). It might allow local users to bypass intended filesystem access restrictions because ownerships of /etc and /usr directories are being changed unexpectedly, related to a "correctMkdir" issue.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Primary references