CVE-2023-38552

High

Description

When the Node.js policy feature checks the integrity of a resource against a trusted manifest, the application can intercept the operation and return a forged checksum to the node's policy implementation, thus effectively disabling the integrity check. Impacts: This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 18.x and, 20.x. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy mechanism is an experimental feature of Node.js.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability69. percentile1.2%
ProductNodejs Node.js
PublishedOct 18, 2023
First seenOct 18, 2023

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nodejs node.js18.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 18.18.1, 20.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 20.8.0—
fedoraproject fedora37, 38, 39—

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