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CVE-2018-7408

N/A
Published: February 22, 2018 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNpm

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

An issue was discovered in an npm 5.7.0 2018-02-21 pre-release (marked as "next: 5.7.0" and therefore automatically installed by an "npm upgrade -g npm" command, and also announced in the vendor's blog without mention of pre-release status). It might allow local users to bypass intended filesystem access restrictions because ownerships of /etc and /usr directories are being changed unexpectedly, related to a "correctMkdir" issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://blog.npmjs.org/post/171169301000/v571
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/74e149da6efe6ed89477faa81fef08eee7999ad0
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/19883

CVSS

4.6MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732

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