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CVE-2021-43616

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
1.851

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
(RHSA-2022:4796) nodejs:16 security update nodejs-16.14.0-4.module+el8.6.0+15294+54b291d2.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2022:4796) nodejs:16 security update nodejs-debugsource-16.14.0-4.module+el8.6.0+15294+54b291d2.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2022:4796) nodejs:16 security update nodejs-devel-16.14.0-4.module+el8.6.0+15294+54b291d2.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2022:4796) nodejs:16 security update nodejs-docs-16.14.0-4.module+el8.6.0+15294+54b291d2.noarch.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2022:4796) nodejs:16 security update nodejs-full-i18n-16.14.0-4.module+el8.6.0+15294+54b291d2.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2022:4796) nodejs:16 security update nodejs-nodemon-2.0.15-1.module+el8.6.0+15294+54b291d2.noarch.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2022:4796) nodejs:16 security update npm-8.3.1-1.16.14.0.4.module+el8.6.0+15294+54b291d2.x86_64.rpmLinux
Nodejs update (ELSA-2022-4796) nodejs-16.14.0-4.module+el8.6.0+20672+19f3909b.x86_64.rpmLinux
Nodejs-devel update (ELSA-2022-4796) nodejs-devel-16.14.0-4.module+el8.6.0+20672+19f3909b.x86_64.rpmLinux
Nodejs-docs update (ELSA-2022-4796) nodejs-docs-16.14.0-4.module+el8.6.0+20672+19f3909b.noarch.rpmLinux
Nodejs-full-i18n update (ELSA-2022-4796) nodejs-full-i18n-16.14.0-4.module+el8.6.0+20672+19f3909b.x86_64.rpmLinux
Nodejs-nodemon update (ELSA-2022-4796) nodejs-nodemon-2.0.15-1.module+el8.6.0+20672+19f3909b.noarch.rpmLinux
Nodejs-packaging update (ELSA-2022-4796) nodejs-packaging-25-1.module+el8.5.0+20388+4b61e68d.noarch.rpmLinux
Npm update (ELSA-2022-4796) npm-8.3.1-1.16.14.0.4.module+el8.6.0+20672+19f3909b.x86_64.rpmLinux
Npm update (ELSA-2025-8514) npm-10.8.2-1.20.19.2.1.module+el8.10.0+90611+29f3ae1e.x86_64.rpmLinux
Nodejs-packaging-bundler update (ELSA-2025-8514) nodejs-packaging-bundler-2021.06-4.module+el8.10.0+90611+29f3ae1e.noarch.rpmLinux
Nodejs-packaging update (ELSA-2025-8514) nodejs-packaging-2021.06-4.module+el8.10.0+90611+29f3ae1e.noarch.rpmLinux
Nodejs-nodemon update (ELSA-2025-8514) nodejs-nodemon-3.0.1-1.module+el8.10.0+90611+29f3ae1e.noarch.rpmLinux
Nodejs-full-i18n update (ELSA-2025-8514) nodejs-full-i18n-20.19.2-1.module+el8.10.0+90611+29f3ae1e.x86_64.rpmLinux
Nodejs-docs update (ELSA-2025-8514) nodejs-docs-20.19.2-1.module+el8.10.0+90611+29f3ae1e.noarch.rpmLinux
Nodejs-devel update (ELSA-2025-8514) nodejs-devel-20.19.2-1.module+el8.10.0+90611+29f3ae1e.x86_64.rpmLinux
Nodejs update (ELSA-2025-8514) nodejs-20.19.2-1.module+el8.10.0+90611+29f3ae1e.x86_64.rpmLinux
nodejs Security Update (ALAS2023-2023-084) v8-devel-10.2.154.15-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64.rpmLinux
nodejs Security Update (ALAS2023-2023-084) nodejs-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64.rpmLinux
nodejs Security Update (ALAS2023-2023-084) nodejs-devel-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64.rpmLinux
nodejs Security Update (ALAS2023-2023-084) nodejs-docs-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2.noarch.rpmLinux
nodejs Security Update (ALAS2023-2023-084) nodejs-full-i18n-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64.rpmLinux
nodejs Security Update (ALAS2023-2023-084) nodejs-libs-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64.rpmLinux
nodejs Security Update (ALAS2023-2023-084) npm-8.19.2-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234