{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-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. 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.","modified":"2026-03-19T09:15:14.780764Z","published":"2023-10-18T04:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-38552"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38552"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/october-2023-security-releases#integrity-checks-according-to-policies-can-be-circumvented-medium---cve-2023-38552"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1c538938ccadfd35fbc699d8e85102736cd5945c"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/2094235"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38552"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nodejs","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["12.22.5~dfsg-5ubuntu1","12.22.7~dfsg-2ubuntu1","12.22.7~dfsg-2ubuntu3","12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu2","12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3","12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1","12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2","12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.3","12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4","12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.5","12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6","12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6+esm2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libnode-dev","binary_version":"12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6+esm2"},{"binary_name":"libnode72","binary_version":"12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6+esm2"},{"binary_name":"nodejs","binary_version":"12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6+esm2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38552.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}