CVE-2021-43616

The npm ci command in npm 7.x and 8.x through 8.1.3 proceeds with an installation even if dependency information in package-lock.json differs from package.json. This behavior is inconsistent with the documentation, and makes it easier for attackers to install malware that was supposed to have been blocked by an exact version match requirement in package-lock.json. NOTE: The npm team believes this is not a vulnerability. It would require someone to socially engineer package.json which has different dependencies than package-lock.json. That user would have to have file system or write access to change dependencies. The npm team states preventing malicious actors from socially engineering or gaining file system access is outside the scope of the npm CLI.
References
Link Resource
https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-ci Product Vendor Advisory
https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-ci
https://github.com/icatalina/CVE-2021-43616 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/457e0ae61bbc55846f5af44afa4066921923490f Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-972900511
https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-979054224
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXNVFKOF5ZYH5NIRWHKN6O6UBCHDV6FE/
https://medium.com/cider-sec/this-time-we-were-lucky-85c0dcac94a0 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-ci Product Vendor Advisory
https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-ci
https://github.com/icatalina/CVE-2021-43616 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/457e0ae61bbc55846f5af44afa4066921923490f Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-972900511
https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-979054224
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXNVFKOF5ZYH5NIRWHKN6O6UBCHDV6FE/
https://medium.com/cider-sec/this-time-we-were-lucky-85c0dcac94a0 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0002/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:next_generation_application_programming_interface:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-11-13 18:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:29


NVD link : CVE-2021-43616

Mitre link : CVE-2021-43616

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-43616


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Products Affected

netapp

  • next_generation_application_programming_interface

npmjs

  • npm

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-345

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity