CVE-2023-38552
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.40%
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-38552
To remediate CVE-2023-38552, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 18.18.2-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 18.18.2 or later
- —upgrade to 18.18.2 or later
- —upgrade to 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 or later
Is CVE-2023-38552 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 18.18.2-r0
- from 0, < 18.18.2, >= 19.0.0, < 20.8.1
- from 0, < 18.18.2, >= 19.0.0, < 20.8.1
- from 0, < 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |