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FreeBSD: VID-2a3588b4-ab12-11ea-a051-001b217b3468 (CVE-2019-16776): NPM -- Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jun 10, 2020
Added
Jun 11, 2020
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

freebsd-upgrade-package-npm
Title
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