SB2023053078 - Improper privilege management in Deno

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Improper privilege management (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33966)

CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass network access restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management in built-in "node:http" and "node:https" modules when making outbound HTTP requests. A remote attacker can cause the application to use these built-in modules to bypass network access restrictions.

Dependencies relying on these built-in modules are also affected. Deno Deploy users are unaffected.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/denoland/deno/security/advisories/GHSA-vc52-gwm3-8v2f
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vc52-gwm3-8v2f