CVE-2018-7408

Published Feb 22, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-4767 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-ph34-pc88-72gc Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in NPM
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 6:24 AM
Reserved
Feb 22, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 22, 2018, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:03 AM