Security advisory

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  "id": "65a75d222d73442310fb95e3899e01b8259334917d8b2bb4aed78e616ad5b9aa",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10538",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-10538",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-10538",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
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        "CVE-2016-10538",
        "GHSA-6cpc-mj5c-m9rq"
      ],
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/node-js-libs/cli",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "969a1e58748cb057d41835ef8ec9f5b99d1560a7"
                }
              ],
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                        "introduced": "0"
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                        "fixed": "1.0.0"
                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.11.3",
            "0.11.2",
            "0.11.1",
            "0.11.0",
            "0.9.0",
            "0.8.0",
            "0.7.1",
            "0.7.0",
            "0.6.6",
            "0.6.5",
            "0.6.4",
            "0.6.3",
            "0.6.2",
            "0.6.1",
            "0.6.0",
            "0.5.0",
            "0.4.5"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10538.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T02:46:20.020873490Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=809252",
        "https://github.com/node-js-libs/cli/issues/81",
        "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/95"
      ],
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          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-10538",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 404281,
  "published_at": "2018-05-31T20:29:01.363+00:00"
}