Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5484",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-5484",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-5484",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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              "repo": "https://github.com/bower/bower",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "fixed": "67741b4bfe465ef0b816f7f2811ce6ba6d065c1a"
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                  "fixed": "45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3"
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            "v1.6.8",
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            "v1.0.0-rc.4",
            "v1.0.0-rc.3",
            "v1.0.0-rc.2",
            "v1.0.0-rc.1",
            "v0.10.0",
            "v0.9.2",
            "v0.9.1",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.8.3",
            "v0.8.2",
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-5484.json"
          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:45.109318127Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "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",
        "https://github.com/bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/473811",
        "https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerability-in-bowers-zip-archive-extraction"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2019-5484",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383780,
  "published_at": "2019-09-13T18:15:11.063+00:00"
}