CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-43616
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-11-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-345
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• npmjs npm (>= 7.0.0 <= 7.24.2)
• npmjs npm (>= 8.0.0 <= 8.1.3)
• netapp next generation application programming interface
• fedoraproject fedora 35
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity weakness
References
- https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-ci Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-ci docs.npmjs.com
- 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 github.com
- https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-979054224 github.com
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXNVFKOF5ZYH5NIRWHKN6O6UBCHDV6FE/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- 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 docs.npmjs.com
- 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 github.com
- https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-979054224 github.com
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXNVFKOF5ZYH5NIRWHKN6O6UBCHDV6FE/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- 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