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2 title: Verifying ECDSA registry signatures
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4
5 To ensure the integrity of packages you download from the public npm registry, or any registry that supports signatures, you can verify the registry signatures of downloaded packages using the npm CLI.
6
7 ## Prerequisites
8
9 1. Install npm CLI version v8.15.0 or later
10 2. Install dependencies using `npm install` or `npm ci`
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12 ## Verifying registry signatures
13
14 Registry signatures can be verified using the following `audit` command:
15
16 ```
17 npm audit signatures
18 ```
19
20 Example response if all installed versions have valid registry signatures:
21
22 ```
23 audited 1640 packages in 2s
24
25 1640 have verified registry signatures
26 ```
27
28 ## Troubleshooting
29
30 ### Some packages are missing registry signatures
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32 The CLI will error if packages don't have signatures _and_ if the package registry supports signatures. This could mean an attacker might be trying to circumvent signature verification. You can check if the registry supports signatures by requesting the public signing keys from `registry-host.tld/-/npm/v1/keys`.
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34 Example response if some versions have missing registry signatures:
35
36 ```
37 audited 1640 packages in 2s
38
39 1405 packages have verified registry signatures
40
41 235 packages have missing registry signatures but the registry is providing signing keys:
42
43 missing-dep@1.0.0 (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
44 ...
45 ```