CVE-2023-38552

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    CVE-2023-38552

    Published: 18 Oct 2023Last Modified: 28 Oct 2026

    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://hackerone.com/reports/2094235, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3N4NJ7FR4X4FPZUGNTQAPSTVB2HB2Y4A/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/E72T67UPDRXHIDLO3OROR25YAMN4GGW5/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNA62Q767CFAFHBCDKYNPBMZWB7TWYVU/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HT7T2R4MQKLIF4ODV4BDLPARWFPCJ5CZ/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LKYHSZQFDNR7RSA7LHVLLIAQMVYCUGBG/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/X6QXN4ORIVF6XBW4WWFE7VNPVC74S45Y/, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38552.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38552, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0013/, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 49a77a5a996a49e8cb728eed42e55a7c1a9eef6e
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v18.18.1
    v18.18.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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