CVE-2023-38552

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.

Score
CVSS 3.1 7.5 High
Status
Modified - support@hackerone.com
Published
2023-10-18
Last modified
2025-11-03
Weaknesses
CWE-345

Affected products

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