npm install ember-cli Maximum call stack size exceeded

I'm facing a similar issue found in this question: Win 8.1, Vagrant, Chef, Ubuntu, Ember-cli, ember new "npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/vagrant/.npm/"

I'm trying to update an older ember project to 2.1 using the new ember-cli. I'm running my project on a vagrant server.

I have node (v.0.12.7), npm (3.3.10), bower (1.6.5) and ember-cli -g (version: 1.13.8, node: 0.12.7, npm: 2.13.4, os: linux x64) installed.

Yet, whenever I'm running "npm install --no-bin-links" on the project generated by ember init I get the following error:

51716 error tar.unpack untar error /home/vagrant/.npm/ember-cli/1.13.8/package.tgz
51717 verbose stack RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
51717 verbose stack     at Array.filter (native)
51717 verbose stack     at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/actions.js:55:37
51717 verbose stack     at Array.forEach (native)
51717 verbose stack     at markAsFailed (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/actions.js:54:16)
51717 verbose stack     at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/actions.js:57:7
51717 verbose stack     at Array.forEach (native)
51717 verbose stack     at markAsFailed (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/actions.js:54:16)
51717 verbose stack     at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/actions.js:57:7
51717 verbose stack     at Array.forEach (native)
51717 verbose stack     at markAsFailed (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/actions.js:54:16)
51718 verbose cwd /at/Site/public/preview/EP
51719 error Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64
51720 error argv "node" "/usr/bin/npm" "i"
51721 error node v0.12.7
51722 error npm  v3.3.10
51723 error Maximum call stack size exceeded
51724 error If you need help, you may report this error at:
51724 error     <http://ift.tt/1NicLxs;
51725 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Is this related to the different version numbers of npm (globally and in ember-cli) or is this something in my vagrant setup? This problem isn't caused by the windows max path length, I've already checked.

Thank you for your time