Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting nodejs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-NODEJS-6027791
  • published26 Feb 2026
  • disclosed18 Oct 2023

Introduced: 18 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-38552  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-345  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:22.04 nodejs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs package and not the nodejs package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1