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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38552

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38552 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12nodejs18.19.0+dfsg-5, 18.13.0+dfsg1-1, 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1
Debian:14nodejs0, 0, 0
Debian:13nodejs0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Oct 18, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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