CVE-2023-38552

CVE Details

Release Date:

2023-10-13

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.

See more information about CVE-2023-38552 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs)	ELSA-2023-5869	2023-10-23
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs)	ELSA-2023-7205	2023-11-22
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-nodemon)	ELSA-2023-5869	2023-10-23
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-nodemon)	ELSA-2023-7205	2023-11-22
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-packaging)	ELSA-2023-5869	2023-10-23
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-packaging)	ELSA-2023-7205	2023-11-22
Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs)	ELSA-2023-5849	2023-10-20
Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-nodemon)	ELSA-2023-5849	2023-10-20
Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-packaging)	ELSA-2023-5849	2023-10-20

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