CVE-2019-16775 is an arbitrary file write vulnerability affecting npm CLI versions prior to 6.13.3, impacting products like Fedora, npmjs, and Red Hat. Attackers can exploit this by crafting a malicious package.json bin field, allowing them to create symlinks to arbitrary files outside the node_modules folder during package installation, even bypassing the --ignore-scripts option. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and can lead to high integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 6.13.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:19.3.0.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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