Skip to content

Duplicate Advisory: Node CLI Allows Arbitrary File Overwrite

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 8, 2023
Withdrawn This advisory was withdrawn on Dec 8, 2023

Package

npm cli (npm)

Affected versions

>= 0.1.0, <= 0.11.3

Patched versions

1.0.0

Description

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-6cpc-mj5c-m9rq. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

An issue exists in node-cli 0.1.0 through 0.11.3 due to predictable temporary file names in lock_file and log_file, which allows an attacker to overwrite files.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 3, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Jul 28, 2023
Withdrawn Dec 8, 2023
Last updated Dec 8, 2023

Severity

Low
3.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-1000021

GHSA ID

GHSA-3mrp-qhcj-mwv5

Source code

No known source code
Checking history
See something to contribute? Suggest improvements for this vulnerability.