vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2023-38552): nodejs vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N) | Oct 18, 2023 | Jun 26, 2025 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
Oct 18, 2023
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
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.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
References
- CVE-2023-38552
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-38552
- CWE-345
- URL-https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1c538938ccadfd35fbc699d8e85102736cd5945c
- URL-https://hackerone.com/reports/2094235
- URL-https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/october-2023-security-releases#integrity-checks-according-to-policies-can-be-circumvented-medium---cve-2023-38552
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38552
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