CVE-2016-10538

CVE-2016-10538 is a low vulnerability published on May 31, 2018. The package node-cli before 1.0.0 insecurely uses the lockfile and logfile. Both of these are temporary, but it allows the starting user to overwrite any file they have access to.

CVE-2016-10538 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 31, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

CVE-2016-10538 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 54.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

CVE-2016-10538 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.5 (NVD).

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2016-10538, 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.