{"id":"BIT-node-2023-38552","details":"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.\nImpacts:\nThis vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 18.x and, 20.x.\nPlease note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy mechanism is an experimental feature of Node.js.","aliases":["BIT-node-min-2023-38552","CVE-2023-38552"],"modified":"2025-11-06T13:25:46.476Z","published":"2024-03-06T10:59:25.318Z","database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"severity":"High"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/2094235"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3N4NJ7FR4X4FPZUGNTQAPSTVB2HB2Y4A/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E72T67UPDRXHIDLO3OROR25YAMN4GGW5/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNA62Q767CFAFHBCDKYNPBMZWB7TWYVU/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HT7T2R4MQKLIF4ODV4BDLPARWFPCJ5CZ/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKYHSZQFDNR7RSA7LHVLLIAQMVYCUGBG/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X6QXN4ORIVF6XBW4WWFE7VNPVC74S45Y/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0013/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38552"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"node","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/node"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"18.18.2"},{"introduced":"19.0.0"},{"fixed":"20.8.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/node/BIT-node-2023-38552.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"}]}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}