CVE catalog
CVE-2018-7408
npm: CVE-2018-7408
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.32% · Oct 27, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | npm | sid | 12.2.0+ds1-1 | not affected |
| Debian | npm | forky | 12.2.0+ds1-1 | not affected |
| Debian | npm | trixie | 9.2.0~ds1-3 | not affected |
| Debian | npm | bookworm | 9.2.0~ds1-1 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | npm | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | npm | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | npm | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | npm | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [npm]Not affected
Details (2)
9.2.0~ds1-1· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · npm · debian · bookworm
9.2.0~ds1-1· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · npm · debian · bookworm
Observed: