GHSA-mc52-jpm2-cqh6

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    GHSA-mc52-jpm2-cqh6

    Published: 20 Jan 2023Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Deno is vulnerable to race condition via interactive permission prompt spoofing

    Details: ### Impact Multi-threaded programs were able to spoof interactive permission prompt by rewriting the prompt to suggest that program is waiting on user confirmation to unrelated action. A malicious program could clear the terminal screen after permission prompt was shown and write a generic message like so: ``` // Expected prompt ⚠️ ┌ Deno requests read access to "./log.txt". ├ Requested by `Deno.open()` API ├ Run again with --allow-read to bypass this prompt. └ Allow? [y/n] (y = yes, allow; n = no, deny) > // Prompt that users would see Do you want to continue? ``` This situation impacts users who use Web Worker API and relied on interactive permission prompt. The reproduction is very timing sensitive and can’t be reliably reproduced on every try. This problem can not be exploited on systems that do not attach an interactive prompt (for example headless servers). ### Patches The problem has been fixed in Deno v1.29.3; it is recommended all users update to this version. ### Workarounds Run with `--no-prompt` flag to disable interactive permission prompts.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: deno

    Purl: pkg:cargo/deno

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.9.0
    Fixed -1.29.3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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