Sandbox Bypass Affecting deno package, versions <1.16.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-DENO-2869125
  • published13 Jun 2022
  • disclosed13 Jun 2022
  • creditRon Masas

Introduced: 13 Jun 2022

CVE-2021-41641  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-265  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade deno to version 1.16.0 or higher.

Overview

deno is an a simple, modern and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that uses V8 and is built in Rust.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Sandbox Bypass due to incorrect handling of symbolic links. Exploiting this vulnerability is possible via the Deno.symlink method when running Deno with a specific write access.

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