{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "1.8.8"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "67741b4bfe465ef0b816f7f2811ce6ba6d065c1a"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/bower/bower",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2019-5484",
  "modified": "2026-03-15T21:49:28.797258875Z",
  "published": "2019-09-13T18:15:11.063Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3%40%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/473811"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerability-in-bowers-zip-archive-extraction"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}