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Chainguard: multiple nodejs-18 packages: security update to 18.18.2-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 478642

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2023-38552)

Solution

Update the nodejs-18 library and its related packages to version 18.18.2-r0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 478642

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/7/2026

Updated: 11/7/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38552

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38552