CVE-2020-15095

MEDIUM4.4EPSS 0.13%

npm CLI exposing sensitive information through logs

Published: 7/7/2020Modified: 3/13/2026

Also known as:GHSA-93f3-23rq-pjfpCGA-cq5c-c68w-493qDEBIAN-CVE-2020-15095

Description

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 `<protocol>://[<user>[:<password>]@]<hostname>[:<port>][:][/]<path>`. The password value is not redacted and is printed to stdout and also to any generated log files.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/npmfrom 0, < 6.14.6+ds-1
npm/npmfrom 0, < 6.14.6

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM4.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References (10)

ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15095
ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15095
WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00011.html
WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00015.html
WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00023.html
WEBhttps://github.com/npm/cli/blob/66aab417f836a901f8afb265251f761bb0422463/CHANGELOG.md#6146-2020-07-07
WEBhttps://github.com/npm/cli/commit/a9857b8f6869451ff058789c4631fadfde5bbcbc
WEBhttps://github.com/npm/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-93f3-23rq-pjfp
WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6
WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07