What is GHSA-v45m-2wcp-gg98?

GHSA-v45m-2wcp-gg98 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Low severity. Global node_modules Binary Overwrite in bin-links

Why does GHSA-v45m-2wcp-gg98 have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

Which products are affected by GHSA-v45m-2wcp-gg98?

GHSA-v45m-2wcp-gg98 affects 1 product, including: npm/bin-links:\u003c 1.1.6.

GHSA-v45m-2wcp-gg98LowDisclosed before NVD

Global node_modules Binary Overwrite in bin-links

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 4, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

Versions of bin-links prior to 1.1.6 are vulnerable to a Global node_modules Binary Overwrite. It fails to prevent globally-installed binaries to be overwritten by other package installs. For example, if a package was installed globally and created a serve binary, any subsequent installs of packages that also create a serve binary would overwrite the first binary. This behavior is still allowed in local installations.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.1.6 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/bin-links:< 1.1.6

🔗 References (2)

https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1438
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v45m-2wcp-gg98