Bower before 1.8.8 has a path traversal vulnerability permitting file write in arbitrary locations via install command, which allows attackers to write arbitrary files when a malicious package is extracted
Published Sep 13, 2019
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.57%
Description
Bower before 1.8.8 has a path traversal vulnerability permitting file write in arbitrary locations via install command, which allows attackers to write arbitrary files when a malicious package is extracted.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Bower Defaultn/a
- Version Fixed in >=1.8.8StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Bower | n/a |
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
bower
npm
Introduced 0 Fixed 1.8.8
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | bower | 0 | 1.8.8 |
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.57% (0.02566) | 84.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.57% (0.02566) | 83.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.70% (0.00701) | 70.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.31% (0.00312) | 70.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00253) | 64.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.25% (0.00253) | 62.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 31, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00212) | 57.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00183) | 53.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.18% (0.07176) | 92.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.18% (0.07176) | 91.55th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.18% (0.07176) | 80.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 5.36% (0.05363) | 79.74th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 5.36% (0.05363) | 79.54th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 5.36% (0.05363) | 88.35th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 5.36% (0.05363) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (11)
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p6mr-pxg4-68hx Advisory
- https://github.com/bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://github.com/nodejs/security-wg/blob/master/vuln/npm/487.json
- https://hackerone.com/reports/473811 x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3%40%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3@%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63@%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5484
- https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerability-in-bowers-zip-archive-extraction x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/776
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