Access Restriction Bypass Affecting npm package, versions <5.7.1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID npm:npm:20180222
- published 21 Mar 2018
- disclosed 22 Feb 2018
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 22 Feb 2018
CVE-2018-7408 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.