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HIGH7.7

GHSA-m6cx-g6qm-p2cx

Arbitrary File Write in npm

Quick fix

GHSA-m6cx-g6qm-p2cx — npm: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install npm@6.13.3

Details

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 create files on a user's system when the package is installed. It is only possible to affect files that the user running `npm install` has access to and it is not possible to over write files that already exist on disk.

This behavior is still possible through install scripts. This vulnerability bypasses a user using the --ignore-scripts install option.

## Recommendation

Upgrade to version 6.13.3 or later.

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Affected packages

npm/npm
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 6.13.3
Fixnpm install npm@6.13.3

References