CVE-2026-49401 PUBLISHED

Deno Permission Bypass via Unicode Normalization Mismatch on macOS (APFS)

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 29.05.2026 Published: 23.06.2026 Updated: 23.06.2026

Deno is a JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly runtime. Prior to 2.7.14, Deno's permission system enforces filesystem and execution restrictions by comparing the requested path against the path supplied to --deny-read, --deny-write, --deny-run, or --deny-ffi. On macOS, that comparison was done at the raw-byte level while the APFS filesystem treats different Unicode spellings of the same name as the same file. That means a program could reach a denied path by spelling it differently than the deny rule. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.14.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.3

Product Status

Vendor denoland
Product deno
Versions
  • Version < 2.7.14 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-41: Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence CWE
  • CWE-176: Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding CWE