High, CVSS 7.5npmAmendedPublished
Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in bower
CVE-2019-5484 · GHSA-p6mr-pxg4-68hx
- Affected
- npm bower < 1.8.8
- Fixed in
- 1.8.8· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Versions of bower prior to 1.8.8 are affected by an arbitrary file write vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs because bower does not verify that extracted symbolic links do not resolve to targets outside of the extraction root directory. Recommendation Update to version 1.8.8 or later
Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.8.8 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.