CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-15095

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Jul 07, 2020 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
4.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4.4 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
LOW

Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.14.6 are vulnerable to an information exposure vulnerability through log files. The CLI supports URLs like ://[[:]@][:][:][/]. The password value is not redacted and is printed to stdout and also to any generated log files.

Weakness

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
NpmNpmjs*6.14.6 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatnodejs:12-8020020201007080935.4cda2c84*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatnodejs:10-8030020210118191659.229f0a1c*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update SupportRedHatnodejs:12-8010020201006223055.c27ad7f8*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatrh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.18.4-3.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatrh-nodejs10-nodejs-0:10.23.1-2.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSRedHatrh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.18.4-3.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSRedHatrh-nodejs10-nodejs-0:10.23.1-2.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSRedHatrh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.18.4-3.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSRedHatrh-nodejs10-nodejs-0:10.23.1-2.el7*
NpmUbuntubionic*
NpmUbuntueoan*
NpmUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
NpmUbuntufocal*
NpmUbuntutrusty*
NpmUbuntutrusty/esm*
NpmUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References