# CVE-2025-24015: Deno's AES GCM authentication tags are not verified

- Also known as: GHSA-2X3R-HWV5-P32X
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.7, 0.125.0
- Published: 2025-06-03 · Updated: 2025-06-04

## Affected

- denoland deno: from 1.46.0, fixed in 2.1.7
- deno (crates.io): from 1.46.0, fixed in 2.1.7
- deno\_node (crates.io): from 0.102.0, fixed in 0.125.0

## Description

Deno is a JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly runtime. Versions 1.46.0 through 2.1.6 have an issue that affects AES-256-GCM and AES-128-GCM in Deno in which the authentication tag is not being validated. This means tampered ciphertexts or incorrect keys might not be detected, which breaks the guarantees expected from AES-GCM. Older versions of Deno correctly threw errors in such cases, as does Node.js. Without authentication tag verification, AES-GCM degrades to essentially CTR mode, removing integrity protection. Authenticated data set with set_aad is also affected, as it is incorporated into the GCM hash (ghash) but this too is not validated, rendering AAD checks ineffective. Version 2.1.7 includes a patch that addresses this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on denoland deno, deno, deno\_node, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.7, 0.125.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/denoland/deno/security/advisories/GHSA-2x3r-hwv5-p32x
- https://github.com/denoland/deno/commit/0d1beed
- https://github.com/denoland/deno/commit/4f27d7cdc02e3edfb9d36275341fb8185d6e99ed
- https://github.com/denoland/deno/commit/a4003a5292bd0affefad3ecb24a8732886900f67

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