VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2019-16777
CVSS score7.7 HIGH
EPSS probability2.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-12-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Description
Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.4 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Overwrite. It fails to prevent existing globally-installed binaries to be overwritten by other package installations. For example, if a package was installed globally and created a serve binary, any subsequent installs of packages that also create a serve binary would overwrite the previous serve binary. This behavior is still allowed in local installations and also through install scripts. This vulnerability bypasses a user using the --ignore-scripts install option.
Weakness classification
- security-advisories@github.com: CWE-22
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-269
Primary references
- security-advisories@github.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory