Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2021-34078 affects lifion-verify-dependencies through 1.1.0. A malicious dependency name in a scanned package.json can trigger operating system command injection. Business risk is highest where this tool runs in CI or developer environments against untrusted pull requests or third-party project files.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted developer-tooling risk. Prioritize if the tool runs in CI on untrusted contributions or with access to secrets. If not used, exposure is likely absent.
Technical view
The issue is OS command injection through crafted dependency names in the scanned project's package.json. The source bundle names lifion-verify-dependencies through 1.1.0, but does not provide CVSS, CWE, CPEs, or detailed fixed-version data.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to organizations using lifion-verify-dependencies through 1.1.0, especially in automated dependency checks, CI pipelines, or developer tooling that processes contributor-controlled package.json files.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not report active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. Exploitation would require the vulnerable tool to scan a package.json containing a crafted dependency name.
Researcher notes
Key missing evidence includes CVSS, CWE, CPEs, exploit reporting, and explicit fixed-version guidance. Research should focus on confirming installed versions, package.json trust boundaries, and whether the upstream commit is present.
Mitigation direction
- Identify any use of lifion-verify-dependencies through 1.1.0.
- Check the Checkmarx advisory and upstream commit for vendor remediation guidance.
- Avoid running the tool on untrusted package.json files until remediated.
- Restrict CI permissions for jobs that scan third-party manifests.
- Replace or remove the tool if no maintained fixed release is available.
Validation and detection
- Search repositories and CI configs for lifion-verify-dependencies usage.
- Check package-lock.json or equivalent lockfiles for versions through 1.1.0.
- Review dependency-scanning jobs that process pull-request package.json files.
- Confirm CI jobs run with least privilege and limited secrets exposure.
- Document whether the upstream advisory or commit has been applied.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2021-4785CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/lifion/lifion-verify-deps/commit/be1133d5b78e3caa0004fa60207013dca4e1bf38CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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