GHSA-83pc-3rw9-qpwj
Deno: WebSocket API sandbox bypass via missing post-DNS check
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
## Summary
When a WebSocket connection was opened, Deno checked the destination hostname
against `--deny-net` rules but did not re-check the IP addresses that hostname
resolved to. An attacker-controlled script could use a specially crafted domain
name that passes the hostname check yet resolves to a denied IP, bypassing the
network restriction entirely.
## Impact
Code running under `--deny-net` could connect to hosts that the user intended
to block. In practice this means network isolation rules — for example,
blocking access to `localhost` or internal services — could be silently
circumvented by a malicious or compromised dependency.
`Deno.connect` and `fetch()` were not affected by this specific issue (a
companion advisory covers `fetch()`).
## Who is affected
Users who:
- run untrusted or third-party code with `deno run`, and
- rely on `--deny-net` to restrict which hosts that code can reach.
If you do not use `--deny-net`, or if you only run fully trusted code, you are
not affected.
## Workaround
No workaround is available short of upgrading. If upgrading immediately is not
possible, avoid granting `--allow-net` to untrusted code that also has
`--deny-net` restrictions you depend on for security.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.