Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting npm package, versions <1:8.3.1-1.16.14.0.4.module+el8.6.0+20672+19f3909b
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-NPM-2849088
- published 31 May 2022
- disclosed 13 Nov 2021
Introduced: 13 Nov 2021
CVE-2021-43616 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:8 npm to version 1:8.3.1-1.16.14.0.4.module+el8.6.0+20672+19f3909b or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-4796.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream npm package and not the npm package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2021-43616.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-4796.html
- https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-ci
- https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-ci
- https://github.com/icatalina/CVE-2021-43616
- https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/457e0ae61bbc55846f5af44afa4066921923490f
- https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701
- 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@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXNVFKOF5ZYH5NIRWHKN6O6UBCHDV6FE/
- https://medium.com/cider-sec/this-time-we-were-lucky-85c0dcac94a0
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0002/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXNVFKOF5ZYH5NIRWHKN6O6UBCHDV6FE/