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    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.

    Published:Oct 13, 2023
    Last Modified:Nov 3, 2025
    EPS:Oct 18, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00267
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Nodejs
    Product
    Node.js
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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