CVE-2023-38552

2023-10-1804:15:11

CWE-345

[email protected]

web.nvd.nist.gov

364

node.js

cve-2023-38552

vulnerability

integrity check

security

experimental policy mechanism

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

7.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

59.7%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

NVD

Node

nodejsnode.jsRange18.0.0–18.18.1

nodejsnode.jsRange20.1.0–20.8.0

Node

fedoraprojectfedoraMatch37

fedoraprojectfedoraMatch38

fedoraprojectfedoraMatch39

CPENameOperatorVersion
nodejs:node.jsnodejs node.jsle18.18.1
nodejs:node.jsnodejs node.jsle20.8.0

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
nodejs:node.js	nodejs node.js	le	18.18.1
nodejs:node.js	nodejs node.js	le	20.8.0

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "vendor": "Node.js",
    "product": "Node.js",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "20.8.0",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "20.8.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "18.18.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "18.18.1",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ]
  }
]