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CVE-2016-10538
The package `node-cli` before 1.0.0 insecurely uses the lock_file and log_file. Both of these are temporary, but it allows the starting…
- 3.5LowCVSS base score
- 0.96%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 38% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The package `node-cli` before 1.0.0 insecurely uses the lock_file and log_file. Both of these are temporary, but it allows the starting user to overwrite any file they have access to.
Timeline
ID reserved
By hackerone
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.96% · top 38% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Affected products
- affected <1.0.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References
3
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=809252 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/node-js-libs/cli/issues/81 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/95 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-0240 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6cpc-mj5c-m9rq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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