npm install - How to fix NPM package Tar, with high vulnerability about Arbitrary File Overwrite, when package is up to date?

Question

I just installed Flickity from NPM and got an NPM Audit Security Report after running npm audit stating that I have a high vulnerability issue regarding Arbitrary File Overwrite on package tar which is a dependency of node-sass as you can see here:

High......................... Arbitrary File Overwrite                                     
Package...................... tar                                                          
Patched in................... >=4.4.2                                                      
Dependency of................ node-sass [dev]                                              
Path......................... node-sass > node-gyp > tar                                   
More info.................... https://npmjs.com/advisories/803 

Running npm audit fix didn't solve the problem as the vulnerability requires manual review. The recommendation at the more info link says to upgrade to version 4.4.2 or later. When I ran npm show tar version I realized I'm running version 4.4.8 so that confused me. I went to package-lock.json and realized node-gyp, which is a dependency of node-sass, is using tar version ^2.0.0

This is confusing me since I've seen many different tar versions as a dependency of other packages but this node-sass > node-gyp > tar version is the only one bellow v4.4.2. Why does it work like that, why do I have to manually fix it and how can I manualy fix/upgrade this one tar package?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55638180/how-to-fix-npm-package-tar-with-high-vulnerability-about-arbitrary-file-overwri

Answer 1

The issue is being tracked on the gitgub page

https://github.com/sass/node-sass/issues/2625