#VU66698 Information disclosure in NPM - CVE-2022-29244
Published: August 22, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66698
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29244
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
NPM
NPM
Software vendor:
isaacs
isaacs
Description
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=
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- 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/