High 7.0Published Jan 22, 2026

CVE-2026-0775npm cli Incorrect Permission Assignment Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 7:00 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 7.0 HIGH (v3.0, CNA)CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-732
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: zdi
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

npm cli npm:cli (from the name)	10.9.0	CNA record
Red Hat Confidential Compute Attestation redhat:confidential_compute_attestation	1	CISA ADP
Red Hat Cryostat 4 redhat:cryostat	4	CISA ADP
Red Hat Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift redhat:logging	5	CISA ADP
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers redhat:rhmt	1	CISA ADP
Red Hat Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes redhat:multicluster_engine	Versions not stated	CISA ADP
Red Hat Network Observability Operator redhat:network_observ_optr	1	CISA ADP
Red Hat Node HealthCheck Operator redhat:workload_availability_nhc	0	CISA ADP
Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed redhat:openshift_lightspeed	Versions not stated	CISA ADP
Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines redhat:openshift_pipelines	1	CISA ADP
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References

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-043/	x-research-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0775
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2432280
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-0775.json

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