CVE-2023-38552

Name
CVE-2023-38552
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.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://hackerone.com/reports/2094235
MISC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E72T67UPDRXHIDLO3OROR25YAMN4GGW5/
MISC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X6QXN4ORIVF6XBW4WWFE7VNPVC74S45Y/
MISC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKYHSZQFDNR7RSA7LHVLLIAQMVYCUGBG/
MISC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNA62Q767CFAFHBCDKYNPBMZWB7TWYVU/
MISC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HT7T2R4MQKLIF4ODV4BDLPARWFPCJ5CZ/
MISC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3N4NJ7FR4X4FPZUGNTQAPSTVB2HB2Y4A/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0013/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* nodejs >= 20.1.0 <= 20.8.0
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* nodejs >= 18.0.0 <= 18.18.1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
nodejs-current 3.18-community 20.8.1-r0 Jose-Luis Rivas <ghostbar@riseup.net> fixed