When was CVE-2013-4116 disclosed?

CVE-2013-4116 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 22, 2014, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2013-4116 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-4116 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 27.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2013-4116?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2013-4116, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2013-4116

NONENVD 0.0

0.0

lib/npm.js in Node Packaged Modules (npm) before 1.3.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names that are created when unpacking archives.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 27.8%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/10/17
secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/11/9
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61083
secalert@redhathttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715325
secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917
secalert@redhathttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87141
secalert@redhathttps://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f4d31693
secalert@redhathttps://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3635
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/10/17
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/11/9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61083
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715325
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87141
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f4d31693

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