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TI-2025-38180 Aliases CVE-2025-61787GHSA-m2gf-x3f6-8hq3

Deno is Vulnerable to Command Injection on Windows During Batch File Execution

Priority HIGH 70CWE-77Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-77.

Summary

Deno is a JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly runtime. Versions prior to 2.5.3 and 2.2.15 are vulnerable to Command Line Injection attacks on Windows when batch files are executed. In Windows, ``CreateProcess()`` always implicitly spawns ``cmd.exe`` if a batch file (.bat, .cmd, etc.) is being executed even if the application does not specify it via the command line. This makes Deno vulnerable to a command injection attack on Windows. Versions 2.5.3 and 2.2.15 fix the issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02084 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed deno (denoland): 2.5.3, 2.2.15deno (crates.io): 2.5.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
denolanddeno2.3.0 to before 2.5.3; before 2.2.152.5.3, 2.2.15Patch availableCNA
—deno (crates.io)before 2.5.22.5.2Patch availableGHSA-m2gf-x3f6-8hq3
  • deno Vendordenoland Affected 2.3.0 to before 2.5.3; before 2.2.15 Fixed in 2.5.3, 2.2.15 Patch available CNA
  • deno (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 2.5.2 Fixed in 2.5.2 Patch available GHSA-m2gf-x3f6-8hq3

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:deno:deno:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.2.15; 2.3.0 to before 2.5.3Vulnerabledenoland
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:deno:deno:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.2.15; 2.3.0 to before 2.5.3 Vulnerable ·denoland
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Microsoft

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA deno (denoland) Fixed in 2.5.3, 2.2.15
  • Fix · GHSA-m2gf-x3f6-8hq3 deno (crates.io) Fixed in 2.5.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-61787
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m2gf-x3f6-8hq3

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 4

  • TI-2026-21627 Deno has a Command Injection via Incomplete shell metacharacter blocklist in node:child_process CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-17782 Deno's AES GCM authentication tags are not verified CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2024-18537 *const c_void / ExternalPointer unsoundness leading to use-after-free CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-18536 Deno arbitrary file descriptor close via `op_node_ipc_pipe()` leading to permission prompt bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-12990 Deno is vulnerable to interactive `run` permission prompt spoofing via improper ANSI neutralization CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-11328 Regular expression denial of service in deno CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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