CVE-2023-38552

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 35%
VendorProductVersion
nodejsnode.js
18.0.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 18.18.1
nodejsnode.js
20.1.0 ≤
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≤ 20.8.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
nodejs
bullseye
12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4
not-affected
buster
not-affected
bullseye (security)
12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u5
fixed
bookworm
18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u2
fixed
bookworm (security)
18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1
fixed
trixie
20.18.1+dfsg-1
fixed
sid
20.18.1+dfsg-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
nodejs
oracular
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
bionic
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
trusty
ignored
References