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CVE-2016-10538

Status: ModifiedLow (3.5)—
Severity3.5Low · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.98 %higher than 62% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The package `node-cli` before 1.0.0 insecurely uses the lock_file and log_file. Both of these are temporary, but it allows the starting user to overwrite any file they have access to.

CVSS

Base score
3.5
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.98 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
62
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

CLI Project — CLIDebian — Debian Linux

CWEs

References

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