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CVE-2022-24783: deno Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 10.0v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesGHSA-838h-jqp6-cf2f
Published 25-03-2022Last modified 23-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-24783 is a critical (CVSS 10.0) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in deno. EPSS estimates a 1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 25-03-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Deno is a runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. The versions of Deno between release 1.18.0 and 1.20.2 (inclusive) are vulnerable to an attack where a malicious actor controlling the code executed in a Deno runtime could bypass all permission checks and execute arbitrary shell code. This vulnerability does not affect users of Deno Deploy. The vulnerability has been patched in Deno 1.20.3. There is no workaround. All users are recommended to upgrade to 1.20.3 immediately.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

66%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.15% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Crates.Io1 product
  • deno≥ 1.18.0, < 1.20.3
Deno1 product
  • deno≥ 1.18.0, < 1.20.3
Denoland1 product
  • deno≥ 1.18.0, < 1.20.3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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