fstream before 1.0.12 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite. Extracting tarballs containing a hardlink to a file that already exists in the system, and a file that matches the hardlink, will overwrite the system's file with the contents of the extracted file. The fstream.DirWriter() function is vulnerable.
CVE-2019-13173
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 38% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 82.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 2, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00010.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00052.html
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/npm/fstream/commit/6a77d2fa6e1462693cf8e46f930da96ec1b0bb22
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4123-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.npmjs.com/advisories/886
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00010.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00052.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/npm/fstream/commit/6a77d2fa6e1462693cf8e46f930da96ec1b0bb22
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4123-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/886
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | node-fstream (1.0.10-1ubuntu0.19.04.2) @ disco | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | node-fstream (0.1.24-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| fstream | — | 1.0.12 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
Data Freshness Timeline
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