ALPINE-CVE-2023-38552

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    ALPINE-CVE-2023-38552

    Published: 18 Oct 2023Last Modified: 26 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-38552

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-38552

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nodejs

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/nodejs?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -18.18.2-r0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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