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SCA: security update for npm (GHSA-x8qc-rrcw-4r46)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422991

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 fails to prevent
 access to folders outside of the intended node_modules folder through the bin field. A properly
 constructed entry in the package.json bin field would allow a package publisher to modify and/or gain
 access 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-2019-16776)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x8qc-rrcw-4r46

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422991

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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16776

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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-2019-16776

cwe: CWE-22