Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2023· Updated Nov 3, 2025
CVE-2023-38552
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.
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Affected products
48- osv-coords46 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/nodejs-18pkg:apk/wolfi/nodejs-18pkg:bitnami/nodepkg:bitnami/node-minpkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejspkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-docspkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-full-i18npkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-nodemonpkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-packagingpkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-packaging-bundlerpkg:rpm/almalinux/npmpkg:rpm/opensuse/nodejs12&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/nodejs14&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/nodejs20&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/nodejs-electron&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs12&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs12&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs12&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs12&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs12&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs12&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs12&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs12&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs12&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs14&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs14&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs14&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs14&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs14&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2012pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs14&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs14&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs14&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs14&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs14&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs16&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs16&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs16&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs16&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2012pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs16&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs16&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs16&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs16&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs18&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2012pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs18&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs18&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP5
< 18.18.2-r0+ 45 more
- (no CPE)range: < 18.18.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 18.18.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 18.18.2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.18.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1:18.18.2-2.module_el9.2.0+43+3ebc9e20
- (no CPE)range: < 1:18.18.2-2.module_el9.2.0+43+3ebc9e20
- (no CPE)range: < 1:18.18.2-2.module_el9.2.0+43+3ebc9e20
- (no CPE)range: < 1:18.18.2-2.module_el9.2.0+43+3ebc9e20
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.1-1.module_el9.2.0+36+853e48f5
- (no CPE)range: < 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea
- (no CPE)range: < 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.8.1-1.18.18.2.2.module_el9.2.0+43+3ebc9e20
- (no CPE)range: < 12.22.12-150200.4.53.2
- (no CPE)range: < 14.21.3-150200.15.52.2
- (no CPE)range: < 20.8.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 25.9.1-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.22.12-150200.4.53.2
- (no CPE)range: < 12.22.12-150200.4.53.2
- (no CPE)range: < 12.22.12-150200.4.53.2
- (no CPE)range: < 12.22.12-150200.4.53.2
- (no CPE)range: < 12.22.12-150200.4.53.2
- (no CPE)range: < 12.22.12-150200.4.53.2
- (no CPE)range: < 12.22.12-150200.4.53.2
- (no CPE)range: < 12.22.12-150200.4.53.2
- (no CPE)range: < 12.22.12-150200.4.53.2
- (no CPE)range: < 14.21.3-150200.15.52.2
- (no CPE)range: < 14.21.3-150200.15.52.2
- (no CPE)range: < 14.21.3-150200.15.52.2
- (no CPE)range: < 14.21.3-150200.15.52.2
- (no CPE)range: < 14.21.3-6.49.1
- (no CPE)range: < 14.21.3-150200.15.52.2
- (no CPE)range: < 14.21.3-150200.15.52.2
- (no CPE)range: < 14.21.3-150200.15.52.2
- (no CPE)range: < 14.21.3-150200.15.52.2
- (no CPE)range: < 14.21.3-150200.15.52.2
- (no CPE)range: < 16.20.2-150300.7.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 16.20.2-150300.7.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 16.20.2-150300.7.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 16.20.2-8.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 16.20.2-150400.3.27.2
- (no CPE)range: < 16.20.2-150300.7.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 16.20.2-150300.7.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 16.20.2-150300.7.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 18.18.2-8.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 18.18.2-150400.9.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 18.18.2-150400.9.15.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- hackerone.com/reports/2094235mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3N4NJ7FR4X4FPZUGNTQAPSTVB2HB2Y4A/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E72T67UPDRXHIDLO3OROR25YAMN4GGW5/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNA62Q767CFAFHBCDKYNPBMZWB7TWYVU/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HT7T2R4MQKLIF4ODV4BDLPARWFPCJ5CZ/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKYHSZQFDNR7RSA7LHVLLIAQMVYCUGBG/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X6QXN4ORIVF6XBW4WWFE7VNPVC74S45Y/mitre
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0013/mitre
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