[SOLVED] Fail shell script at npm install if there are high severity vulnerabilities

Issue

I want to fail the packaging script for my application if the npm install shows vulnerabilities with high severity.

Example:

added 137 packages from 151 contributors and audited 4041 packages in 8.689s
found 1 high severity vulnerability
  run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details

What I have now I'm doing it with grep, but this does not sound like a good solution because minor output adjustments of the audit can break it without finding it out immediately.

function npm-prod-install-audit() {
    if npm install --no-optional --only=prod | grep "high severity";then
        echo "Audit failed! 🖐 Please update your packages."
        exit 1
    else
        echo "Audit passed ✅";
    fi
}

Is there any proper solution on this?

Solution

You can use npm audit https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/audit. It will exit with non-zero return code if there are vulnerabilities found. You can control on which level you want to fail by using --audit-level=(low|moderate|high|critical).

Answered By - Bibick

Answer Checked By - David Marino (WPSolving Volunteer)