Improper privilege management in Deno - CVE-2022-24783
Published: March 25, 2022 / Updated: April 23, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU127025
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24783
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell code.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management in certain FFI operations when executing code in a Deno runtime. A remote user can execute malicious code that bypasses permission checks to execute arbitrary shell code.
This vulnerability does not affect Deno Deploy.
Affected software
Deno
How to mitigate CVE-2022-24783
Install security update from vendor's website.
Deno - update to 1.20.3