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SCA: security update for npm (GHSA-v3jv-wrf4-5845)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 419036

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - lib/npm.js in Node Packaged Modules (npm) before 1.3.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via
 a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names that are created when unpacking archives.
 (CVE-2013-4116)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v3jv-wrf4-5845

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419036

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4116

BID: 61083

cwe: CWE-59