diff --git a/utils/tests/verify_action_build/test_npm_registry_verify.py b/utils/tests/verify_action_build/test_npm_registry_verify.py
index dab9b77d3..baba43453 100644
--- a/utils/tests/verify_action_build/test_npm_registry_verify.py
+++ b/utils/tests/verify_action_build/test_npm_registry_verify.py
@@ -312,6 +312,44 @@ def test_extra_file_in_verified_package_fails(self):
         assert result.ok is False
         assert "node_modules/foo/sneaky.js" in result.extra
 
+    def test_crlf_tarball_normalised_by_git_is_not_a_mismatch(self):
+        # apache/infrastructure-actions#1283: github-action-benchmark vendors
+        # node-fetch's nested whatwg-url@5.0.0, whose 2016-era tarball ships
+        # lib/url-state-machine.js with CRLF.  git normalises to LF on commit,
+        # so the committed blob can never byte-match the tarball: the published
+        # file is 33573 bytes with 1297 CRs, the committed one 32276 with none.
+        # Byte comparison alone reported the package modified on every bump.
+        crlf = {
+            "index.js": b"module.exports = 1;\r\n",
+            "package.json": b'{"name":"foo","version":"1.0.0"}\r\n',
+        }
+        tgz = _make_tgz(crlf)
+        # The repo holds the LF-normalised form that git checked in.
+        tree = _tree_for({k: v.replace(b"\r\n", b"\n") for k, v in crlf.items()})
+
+        result = _run(tree, _lock(integrity=_integrity(tgz)), tarballs={PKG_URL: tgz})
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result.ok is True
+        assert result.verified == ["foo"]
+        assert not result.mismatched
+        assert "node_modules/foo/index.js" in result.crlf_normalized
+
+    def test_crlf_normalisation_does_not_hide_a_real_edit(self):
+        # Precision guard: matching after CRLF folding must not excuse a file
+        # whose actual content differs.
+        crlf = {
+            "index.js": b"module.exports = 1;\r\n",
+            "package.json": b'{"name":"foo","version":"1.0.0"}\r\n',
+        }
+        tgz = _make_tgz(crlf)
+        tree = _tree_for({k: v.replace(b"\r\n", b"\n") for k, v in crlf.items()})
+        tree["node_modules/foo/index.js"] = _git_blob_sha1(b"EVIL();\n")
+
+        result = _run(tree, _lock(integrity=_integrity(tgz)), tarballs={PKG_URL: tgz})
+        assert result.ok is False
+        assert "node_modules/foo/index.js" in result.mismatched
+        assert "foo" not in result.verified
+
     def test_definitelytyped_package_verifies_clean(self):
         # apache/infrastructure-actions#1171: github-pages-deploy-action v4.9.0
         # migrated yarn → npm, which added node_modules/.package-lock.json and
diff --git a/utils/verify_action_build/npm_registry_verify.py b/utils/verify_action_build/npm_registry_verify.py
index 6200d3cfb..1cc5f0ae8 100644
--- a/utils/verify_action_build/npm_registry_verify.py
+++ b/utils/verify_action_build/npm_registry_verify.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.skipped: list[str] = []
         self.foreign: list[str] = []
         self.mismatched: list[str] = []
+        self.crlf_normalized: list[str] = []
         self.extra: list[str] = []
         self.errors: list[str] = []
         self.truncated: bool = False
@@ -421,6 +422,13 @@ def verify_vendored_node_modules(
             if committed_sha is None:
                 continue  # tarball ships a file the repo omits — benign
             if committed_sha != _git_blob_sha1(content):
+                if committed_sha == _git_blob_sha1(content.replace(b"\r\n", b"\n")):
+                    # The tarball ships CRLF and git normalised it to LF on
+                    # commit, so the committed blob can never byte-match.
+                    # Hashing the folded bytes proves the committed file *is*
+                    # exactly the published content, line endings aside.
+                    result.crlf_normalized.append(committed_path)
+                    continue
                 if rel.split("/")[-1] == "package.json" and _package_json_equivalent(
                     org, repo, commit_hash, prefix + committed_path, content,
                 ):
@@ -463,6 +471,13 @@ def _render(result: NpmRegistryResult, org: str, repo: str, commit_hash: str) ->
             f"{', '.join(result.skipped[:8])}"
             + (" …" if len(result.skipped) > 8 else "")
         )
+    if result.crlf_normalized:
+        console.print(
+            f"  [green]✓[/green] {len(result.crlf_normalized)} file(s) match "
+            f"after folding the tarball's CRLF to LF (git normalises line "
+            f"endings on commit): {', '.join(result.crlf_normalized[:4])}"
+            + (" …" if len(result.crlf_normalized) > 4 else "")
+        )
     for path in result.mismatched:
         # link() takes (url, text) — naming the offending file matters more
         # than linking the tree root, which told a reviewer nothing.