SB2022082252 - Unintended information disclosure in NPM

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29244)

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to npm pack ignores root-level .gitignore and .npmignore file exclusion directives when run in a workspace or with a workspace flag (ie. `--workspaces`, `--workspace=`). Anyone who has run `npm pack` or `npm publish` inside a workspace, may be affected and have published files into the npm registry they did not intend to include.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/43210
• https://github.com/nodejs/node/releases/tag/v18.3.0
• https://github.com/npm/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-hj9c-8jmm-8c52
• https://github.com/npm/cli/tree/latest/workspaces/libnpmpack
• https://github.com/nodejs/node/releases/tag/v17.9.1
• https://github.com/npm/npm-packlist
• https://github.com/npm/cli/tree/latest/workspaces/libnpmpublish
• https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v8.11.0
• https://github.com/nodejs/node/releases/tag/v16.15.1
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220722-0007/