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TI-2018-05346 Aliases CVE-2018-7408GHSA-ph34-pc88-72gc

An issue was discovered in an npm 5.7.0 2018-02-21 pre-release (marked as "next: 5.7.0"…

Priority LOW 34CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0032 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed npm (npm): 5.7.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—npm (npm)before 5.7.15.7.1Patch availableGHSA-ph34-pc88-72gc
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • npm (npm) Vendor— Affected before 5.7.1 Fixed in 5.7.1 Patch available GHSA-ph34-pc88-72gc

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.7.0VulnerableNpmjs
  • cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.7.0 Vulnerable ·Npmjs

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-ph34-pc88-72gc npm (npm) Fixed in 5.7.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-7408
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ph34-pc88-72gc

References

Advisory 4

  • TI-2021-19484 The npm ci command in npm 7.x and 8.x through 8.1.3 proceeds with an installation even if… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-11785 npm packing does not respect root-level ignore files in workspaces CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-12556 Unauthorized File Access in npm CLI before before version 6.13.3 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2016-03362 The CLI in npm before 2.15.1 and 3.x before 3.8.3, as used in Node.js 0.10 before… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-12555 Unauthorized File Access in npm CLI before before version 6.13.3 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2019-12557 Arbitrary File Overwrite in npm CLI CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
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Sources

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