CVE-2026-0775

Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 7.0

npm cli Incorrect Permission Assignment Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of npm cli. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of modules. The application loads modules from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of a target user. Was ZDI-CAN-25430.

Published 2026-01-23 · CVE record · OSV

Products: npm cli, Red Hat Confidential Compute Attestation, Red Hat Cryostat 4, Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers, Red Hat Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes, Red Hat Network Observability Operator, Red Hat Node HealthCheck Operator, Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed, Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines, Red Hat OpenShift Serverless, Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2, Red Hat AMQ Broker 7, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4, Red Hat Connectivity Link 1, Red Hat Developer Hub, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3, Red Hat Fuse 7, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack, Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI), Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4, Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4, Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces, Red Hat OpenShift GitOps, Red Hat Quay 3, Red Hat Satellite 6, Red Hat Single Sign-On 7, Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer

Fixed upstream

Distro releases