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SCA: security update for npm (GHSA-m6cx-g6qm-p2cx)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422989

Description

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

 - Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.3 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Write. It is possible for
 packages to create symlinks to files outside of thenode_modules folder through the bin field upon
 installation. A properly constructed entry in the package.json bin field would allow a package publisher
 to create a symlink pointing to arbitrary files on a user's system when the package is installed. This
 behavior is still possible through install scripts. This vulnerability bypasses a user using the --ignore-
 scripts install option. (CVE-2019-16775)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m6cx-g6qm-p2cx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422989

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16775

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16775