CVE-2021-43616 (GCVE-0-2021-43616)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-13 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:03 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2132 records in the last 180 days details
References
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T04:03:08.795Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-ci"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/icatalina/CVE-2021-43616"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://medium.com/cider-sec/this-time-we-were-lucky-85c0dcac94a0"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0002/"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/457e0ae61bbc55846f5af44afa4066921923490f"
          },
          {
            "name": "FEDORA-2022-97b214b298",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXNVFKOF5ZYH5NIRWHKN6O6UBCHDV6FE/"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-ci"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-979054224"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-972900511"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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."
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "baseScore": 9,
            "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "CHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N",
            "version": "3.1"
          }
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-ci"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/icatalina/CVE-2021-43616"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://medium.com/cider-sec/this-time-we-were-lucky-85c0dcac94a0"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0002/"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/457e0ae61bbc55846f5af44afa4066921923490f"
        },
        {
          "name": "FEDORA-2022-97b214b298",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXNVFKOF5ZYH5NIRWHKN6O6UBCHDV6FE/"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-ci"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-979054224"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-972900511"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "disputed"
      ]
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2021-43616",
    "datePublished": "2021-11-13T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2021-11-13T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T04:03:08.795Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2021-43616",
      "date": "2026-11-15",
      "epss": "0.02617",
      "percentile": "0.85699"
    },
    "fkie_nvd": {
      "configurations": [
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
              "cpeMatch": [
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "F582C303-4B6A-4B12-9E0A-BEB12E1B93D1",
                  "versionEndIncluding": "7.24.2",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "7.0.0",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "DF29872C-4C3F-4DD4-ABEB-64246074752A",
                  "versionEndIncluding": "8.1.3",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "8.0.0",
                  "vulnerable": true
                }
              ],
              "negate": false,
              "operator": "OR"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
              "cpeMatch": [
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:netapp:next_generation_application_programming_interface:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "444CE322-1245-4EEB-A5CA-9FCB011BF531",
                  "vulnerable": true
                }
              ],
              "negate": false,
              "operator": "OR"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
              "cpeMatch": [
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "matchCriteriaId": "80E516C0-98A4-4ADE-B69F-66A772E2BAAA",
                  "vulnerable": true
                }
              ],
              "negate": false,
              "operator": "OR"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "cveTags": [
        {
          "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
          "tags": [
            "disputed"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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."
        },
        {
          "lang": "es",
          "value": "** EN DISPUTA ** El comando npm ci en npm versiones 7.x y 8.x hasta 8.1.3, procede con una instalaci\u00f3n incluso si la informaci\u00f3n de dependencia en package-lock.json difiere de package.json. Este comportamiento es incoherente con la documentaci\u00f3n, y facilita a atacantes la instalaci\u00f3n de malware que se supone que ha sido bloqueado por un requisito de coincidencia de versi\u00f3n exacta en package-lock.json. NOTA: El equipo de npm cree que esto no es una vulnerabilidad. Requerir\u00eda que alguien hiciera ingenier\u00eda social de package.json que tiene diferentes dependencias que package-lock.json. Ese usuario tendr\u00eda que tener acceso al sistema de archivos o de escritura para cambiar las dependencias. El equipo de npm afirma que evitar que los actores maliciosos realicen ingenier\u00eda social u obtengan acceso al sistema de archivos est\u00e1 fuera del alcance de la CLI de npm"
        }
      ],
      "id": "CVE-2021-43616",
      "lastModified": "2024-11-21T06:29:31.227",
      "metrics": {
        "cvssMetricV2": [
          {
            "acInsufInfo": false,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "cvssData": {
              "accessComplexity": "LOW",
              "accessVector": "NETWORK",
              "authentication": "NONE",
              "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
              "baseScore": 7.5,
              "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
              "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
              "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
              "version": "2.0"
            },
            "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
            "impactScore": 6.4,
            "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
            "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
            "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary",
            "userInteractionRequired": false
          }
        ],
        "cvssMetricV31": [
          {
            "cvssData": {
              "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
              "attackVector": "NETWORK",
              "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
              "baseScore": 9.0,
              "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
              "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
              "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
              "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
              "scope": "CHANGED",
              "userInteraction": "NONE",
              "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
              "version": "3.1"
            },
            "exploitabilityScore": 2.2,
            "impactScore": 6.0,
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "type": "Secondary"
          },
          {
            "cvssData": {
              "attackComplexity": "LOW",
              "attackVector": "NETWORK",
              "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
              "baseScore": 9.8,
              "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
              "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
              "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
              "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
              "scope": "UNCHANGED",
              "userInteraction": "NONE",
              "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
              "version": "3.1"
            },
            "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
            "impactScore": 5.9,
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      },
      "published": "2021-11-13T18:15:07.537",
      "references": [
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "tags": [
            "Product",
            "Vendor Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-ci"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "url": "https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-ci"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "tags": [
            "Third Party Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/icatalina/CVE-2021-43616"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "tags": [
            "Patch",
            "Third Party Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/457e0ae61bbc55846f5af44afa4066921923490f"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "tags": [
            "Exploit",
            "Issue Tracking",
            "Third Party Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-972900511"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-979054224"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXNVFKOF5ZYH5NIRWHKN6O6UBCHDV6FE/"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "tags": [
            "Exploit",
            "Third Party Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://medium.com/cider-sec/this-time-we-were-lucky-85c0dcac94a0"
        },
        {
          "source": "cve@mitre.org",
          "tags": [
            "Third Party Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0002/"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "tags": [
            "Product",
            "Vendor Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-ci"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "url": "https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-ci"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "tags": [
            "Third Party Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/icatalina/CVE-2021-43616"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "tags": [
            "Patch",
            "Third Party Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/457e0ae61bbc55846f5af44afa4066921923490f"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "tags": [
            "Exploit",
            "Issue Tracking",
            "Third Party Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-972900511"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-979054224"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXNVFKOF5ZYH5NIRWHKN6O6UBCHDV6FE/"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "tags": [
            "Exploit",
            "Third Party Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://medium.com/cider-sec/this-time-we-were-lucky-85c0dcac94a0"
        },
        {
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "tags": [
            "Third Party Advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0002/"
        }
      ],
      "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
      "vulnStatus": "Modified",
      "weaknesses": [
        {
          "description": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "CWE-345"
            }
          ],
          "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
          "type": "Primary"
        }
      ]
    },
    "nvd": {
      "cve": {
        "affected": [
          {
            "affectedData": [
              {
                "product": "n/a",
                "vendor": "n/a",
                "versions": [
                  {
                    "status": "affected",
                    "version": "n/a"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ],
            "source": "cve@mitre.org"
          }
        ],
        "configurations": [
          {
            "nodes": [
              {
                "cpeMatch": [
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "F582C303-4B6A-4B12-9E0A-BEB12E1B93D1",
                    "versionEndIncluding": "7.24.2",
                    "versionStartIncluding": "7.0.0",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "DF29872C-4C3F-4DD4-ABEB-64246074752A",
                    "versionEndIncluding": "8.1.3",
                    "versionStartIncluding": "8.0.0",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  }
                ],
                "negate": false,
                "operator": "OR"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "nodes": [
              {
                "cpeMatch": [
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:netapp:next_generation_application_programming_interface:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "444CE322-1245-4EEB-A5CA-9FCB011BF531",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  }
                ],
                "negate": false,
                "operator": "OR"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "nodes": [
              {
                "cpeMatch": [
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "80E516C0-98A4-4ADE-B69F-66A772E2BAAA",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  }
                ],
                "negate": false,
                "operator": "OR"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "cveTags": [
          {
            "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "disputed"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "descriptions": [
          {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "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."
          },
          {
            "lang": "es",
            "value": "** EN DISPUTA ** El comando npm ci en npm versiones 7.x y 8.x hasta 8.1.3, procede con una instalaci\u00f3n incluso si la informaci\u00f3n de dependencia en package-lock.json difiere de package.json. Este comportamiento es incoherente con la documentaci\u00f3n, y facilita a atacantes la instalaci\u00f3n de malware que se supone que ha sido bloqueado por un requisito de coincidencia de versi\u00f3n exacta en package-lock.json. NOTA: El equipo de npm cree que esto no es una vulnerabilidad. Requerir\u00eda que alguien hiciera ingenier\u00eda social de package.json que tiene diferentes dependencias que package-lock.json. Ese usuario tendr\u00eda que tener acceso al sistema de archivos o de escritura para cambiar las dependencias. El equipo de npm afirma que evitar que los actores maliciosos realicen ingenier\u00eda social u obtengan acceso al sistema de archivos est\u00e1 fuera del alcance de la CLI de npm"
          }
        ],
        "id": "CVE-2021-43616",
        "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:11:12.010",
        "metrics": {
          "cvssMetricV2": [
            {
              "acInsufInfo": false,
              "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
              "cvssData": {
                "accessComplexity": "LOW",
                "accessVector": "NETWORK",
                "authentication": "NONE",
                "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
                "baseScore": 7.5,
                "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
                "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
                "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
                "version": "2.0"
              },
              "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
              "impactScore": 6.4,
              "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
              "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
              "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
              "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
              "type": "Primary",
              "userInteractionRequired": false
            }
          ],
          "cvssMetricV31": [
            {
              "cvssData": {
                "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
                "attackVector": "NETWORK",
                "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
                "baseScore": 9.0,
                "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
                "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
                "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
                "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
                "scope": "CHANGED",
                "userInteraction": "NONE",
                "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                "version": "3.1"
              },
              "exploitabilityScore": 2.2,
              "impactScore": 6.0,
              "source": "cve@mitre.org",
              "type": "Secondary"
            },
            {
              "cvssData": {
                "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                "attackVector": "NETWORK",
                "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
                "baseScore": 9.8,
                "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
                "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
                "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
                "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
                "scope": "UNCHANGED",
                "userInteraction": "NONE",
                "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                "version": "3.1"
              },
              "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
              "impactScore": 5.9,
              "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
              "type": "Primary"
            }
          ]
        },
        "published": "2021-11-13T18:15:07.537",
        "references": [
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "Product",
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-ci"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-ci"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "Third Party Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/icatalina/CVE-2021-43616"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "Patch",
              "Third Party Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/457e0ae61bbc55846f5af44afa4066921923490f"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "Exploit",
              "Issue Tracking",
              "Third Party Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-972900511"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-979054224"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXNVFKOF5ZYH5NIRWHKN6O6UBCHDV6FE/"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "Exploit",
              "Third Party Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://medium.com/cider-sec/this-time-we-were-lucky-85c0dcac94a0"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "Third Party Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0002/"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Product",
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-ci"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-ci"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Third Party Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/icatalina/CVE-2021-43616"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Patch",
              "Third Party Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/457e0ae61bbc55846f5af44afa4066921923490f"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Exploit",
              "Issue Tracking",
              "Third Party Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-972900511"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2701#issuecomment-979054224"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXNVFKOF5ZYH5NIRWHKN6O6UBCHDV6FE/"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Exploit",
              "Third Party Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://medium.com/cider-sec/this-time-we-were-lucky-85c0dcac94a0"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Third Party Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0002/"
          }
        ],
        "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-345"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Important",
      "current_release_date": "2026-11-07T13:33:28+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2021-43616",
      "id": "CVE-2021-43616",
      "initial_release_date": "2021-02-15T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "30",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "46",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "npm: npm ci succeeds when package-lock.json doesn\u0027t match package.json",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2021/cve-2021-43616.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-11-05T02:15:05Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2021-43616",
      "id": "CVE-2021-43616",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T03:36:50Z",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "453",
      "product_status:recommended": "7",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2021-43616",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/2023/cve-2021-43616.json",
      "version": "13"
    }
  }
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Drag nodes to arrange them. Double-click a related vulnerability to open it, or a source to visit its link. The Physics button on the left tunes the layout and the simulation; the legend at the bottom left hides or shows nodes by kind and by sighting type.

Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Vulnerability timeline

Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

JSON
How durations are calculated

Following the VTEM framework (Black Hat USA 2015), time to patch starts when the vendor or a coordinator was informed, total time to patch at discovery, and disclosure to patch at public disclosure; vendor response time runs from the report to its acknowledgement. Time to exploit and time unpatched start at the earliest discovery or report, falling back to public disclosure. Unpatched time ends at the first recorded patch, or the calculation time when no patch is recorded. Exploitation to patch shows the interval between those two events; a published proof of concept is a public exploit, not exploitation.

Each result shows its source dates. A negative interval means the end event came first; when date-only inputs leave the order open, the result says so. Date-only inputs are approximate. The earliest evidence wins: KEV report dates and sightings are labelled as such. Records describing another vulnerability are listed but never calculated from, and a PoC alone does not establish exploitation. Missing patch evidence does not prove that no patch exists. Filters below change the event list only.

Loading timeline…




    Related by attack behaviour

    Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.