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)
Published Feb 22, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.32%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 22.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 25.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.44% (0.00444) | 10.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.44% (0.00444) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (5)
- http://blog.npmjs.org/post/171169301000/v571 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ph34-pc88-72gc Advisory
- https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/74e149da6efe6ed89477faa81fef08eee7999ad0 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/19883 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7408
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blog.npmjs.org/post/171169301000/v571 | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ph34-pc88-72gc | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/74e149da6efe6ed89477faa81fef08eee7999ad0 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/19883 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7408 |
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