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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2023-10-18T03:55:18.483Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:46:56.500Z

Reserved: 2023-07-20T01:00:12.444Z

Link: CVE-2023-38552

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-10-18T04:15:11.200

Modified: 2024-02-16T17:11:52.637

Link: CVE-2023-38552

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-10-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-38552 - Bugzilla