CVE-2022-24783

CRITICAL

Sandbox bypass leading to arbitrary code execution in Deno

Published March 29, 2022Updated November 8, 2023Source: osv

Summary

### Impact The versions of Deno between release 1.18.0 and 1.20.2 (inclusive) are vulnerable to an attack where a malicious actor controlling the code executed in a Deno runtime could bypass permission checks and execute arbitrary shell code. There is **no** evidence that this vulnerability has been exploited in the wild. This vulnerability does **not** affect users of Deno Deploy. ### Patches The vulnerability has been patched in Deno 1.20.3. ### Workarounds There is no workaround. All users are recommended to upgrade to 1.20.3 immediately --- The cause of this error was that certain FFI operations did not correctly check for permissions. The issue was fixed in [this](https://github.com/denoland/deno/pull/14115) pull request.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Cargo

Update deno to 1.20.3 or later

cargo update -p deno --precise 1.20.3

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
deno	crates.io	All versions	1.20.3

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-269
Improper Privilege ManagementMITRE
CWE-863
Incorrect AuthorizationMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 10.0 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-24783?: Sandbox bypass leading to arbitrary code execution in Deno This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 10.0/10).
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Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

10.0

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-838h-jqp6-cf2f

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