CVE-2019-16776

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-12-13 00:55Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 01:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-09-24

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.7)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

518642395b60189f7918976f9b6cefff8fba132916a055a7782c28c2ab3e8868

• blog.npmjs.orghttps://blog.npmjs.org/post/189618601100/binary-planting-with-the-npm-clix_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/npm/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-x8qc-rrcw-4r46x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0059http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00027.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-595ce5e3cchttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z36UKPO5F3PQ3Q2POMF5LEKXWAH5RUFP/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• access.redhat.comRHEA-2020:0330https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2020:0330vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0573https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0573vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0579https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0579vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0597https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0597vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0602https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0602vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT