CVE-2022-24783 Sandbox bypass leading to arbitrary code execution in Deno

What is CVE-2022-24783?

CVE-2022-24783 is a critical vulnerability in denoland deno, published on 25 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Deno is a runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. 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 all permission checks and execute arbitrary shell code. This vulnerability does not affect users of Deno Deploy. The vulnerability has been patched in Deno 1.20.3. There is no workaround. All users are recommended to upgrade to 1.20.3 immediately.

Weakness: CWE-863, CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24783?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including deno. It affects 1 product.

Products include Deno Deno.

How do I fix CVE-2022-24783?

Upgrade deno to 1.20.3 or later.

Is CVE-2022-24783 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24783 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in denoland deno

• CVE-2023-28445 Deno improperly handles resizable ArrayBuffer Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-32619 Static imports inside dynamically imported modules do not adhere to permission checks Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-22863 Deno node:crypto doesn't finalize cipher Critical 9.2
• CVE-2024-27936 Deno interactive permission prompt spoofing via improper ANSI stripping High 8.8
• CVE-2023-28446 Deno is vulnerable to interactive `run` permission prompt spoofing via improper ANSI neutralization High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-838h-jqp6-cf2f.