CVE-2021-43616 – npm: npm ci succeeds when package-lock.json doesn't match package.json

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=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. • https://github.com/icatalina/CVE-2021-43616 https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-ci https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-ci 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%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXNVFKOF5ZYH5NIRWHKN6O6UBCHDV6FE https • CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity •