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CVE-2023-38552

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.11%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-10-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2023-38552
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.11%

Original NVD 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.

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