CVE-2019-5484: Bower

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Bower Bower: before 1.8.8 (fixed in 1.8.8)

Published 2019-09-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.