CVE-2023-38552

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7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

W

hen 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
Link Resource
https://hackerone.com/reports/2094235 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3N4NJ7FR4X4FPZUGNTQAPSTVB2HB2Y4A/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/E72T67UPDRXHIDLO3OROR25YAMN4GGW5/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNA62Q767CFAFHBCDKYNPBMZWB7TWYVU/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HT7T2R4MQKLIF4ODV4BDLPARWFPCJ5CZ/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LKYHSZQFDNR7RSA7LHVLLIAQMVYCUGBG/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/X6QXN4ORIVF6XBW4WWFE7VNPVC74S45Y/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0013/ Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/2094235 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3N4NJ7FR4X4FPZUGNTQAPSTVB2HB2Y4A/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/E72T67UPDRXHIDLO3OROR25YAMN4GGW5/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNA62Q767CFAFHBCDKYNPBMZWB7TWYVU/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HT7T2R4MQKLIF4ODV4BDLPARWFPCJ5CZ/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LKYHSZQFDNR7RSA7LHVLLIAQMVYCUGBG/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/X6QXN4ORIVF6XBW4WWFE7VNPVC74S45Y/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0013/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

03 Nov 2025, 22:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/ -

21 Nov 2024, 08:13

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://hackerone.com/reports/2094235 - Third Party Advisory () https://hackerone.com/reports/2094235 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3N4NJ7FR4X4FPZUGNTQAPSTVB2HB2Y4A/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3N4NJ7FR4X4FPZUGNTQAPSTVB2HB2Y4A/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/E72T67UPDRXHIDLO3OROR25YAMN4GGW5/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/E72T67UPDRXHIDLO3OROR25YAMN4GGW5/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNA62Q767CFAFHBCDKYNPBMZWB7TWYVU/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNA62Q767CFAFHBCDKYNPBMZWB7TWYVU/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HT7T2R4MQKLIF4ODV4BDLPARWFPCJ5CZ/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HT7T2R4MQKLIF4ODV4BDLPARWFPCJ5CZ/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LKYHSZQFDNR7RSA7LHVLLIAQMVYCUGBG/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LKYHSZQFDNR7RSA7LHVLLIAQMVYCUGBG/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/X6QXN4ORIVF6XBW4WWFE7VNPVC74S45Y/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/X6QXN4ORIVF6XBW4WWFE7VNPVC74S45Y/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0013/ - Third Party Advisory () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0013/ - Third Party Advisory
Information

Published : 2023-10-18 04:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 22:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-38552

Mitre link : CVE-2023-38552

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-38552

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Products Affected

fedoraproject

nodejs

CWE
CWE-345

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity