npm is vulnerable to arbitrary file overwrite. The vulnerability exists as existing globally-installed binaries can be overwritten by other packages.
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access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2020:0330
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access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0602
blog.npmjs.org/post/189618601100/binary-planting-with-the-npm-cli
github.com/npm/cli/commit/320ac9aeeafd11bb693c53b31148b8d10c4165e8
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lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Z36UKPO5F3PQ3Q2POMF5LEKXWAH5RUFP/
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html