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GHSA-5379-f5hf-w38v CVE-2026-22863

Deno node:crypto doesn't finalize cipher

High crates.io
Severity
0.0 / 10
High · CVSS 4.0
Exploit chance (EPSS)
0.20%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 10.35% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-325 Missing Cryptographic Step
Fix
2.6.0
Upgrade deno to this version or later

Description

Summary

The vulnerability allows an attacker to have infinite encryptions.

This can lead to naive attempts at brute forcing, as well as more refined attacks with the goal to learn the server secrets.

PoC

import crypto from "node:crypto";

const key = crypto.randomBytes(32);
const iv = crypto.randomBytes(16);
const cipher = crypto.createCipheriv("aes-256-cbc", key, iv);
cipher.final()

console.log(cipher);

Expected Output

Cipheriv {
  _decoder: null,
  _options: undefined,
  Symbol(kHandle): CipherBase {}
}

Actual Output

Cipheriv {
  _events: {
    close: undefined,
    error: undefined,
    prefinish: [Function: prefinish],
    finish: undefined,
    drain: undefined,
    data: undefined,
    end: undefined,
    readable: undefined
  },
  _readableState: ReadableState {
    highWaterMark: 65536,
    buffer: [],
    bufferIndex: 0,
    length: 0,
    pipes: [],
    awaitDrainWriters: null,
    [Symbol(kState)]: 1048844
  },
  _writableState: WritableState {
    highWaterMark: 65536,
    length: 0,
    corked: 0,
    onwrite: [Function: bound onwrite],
    writelen: 0,
    bufferedIndex: 0,
    pendingcb: 0,
    [Symbol(kState)]: 17580812,
    [Symbol(kBufferedValue)]: null
  },
  allowHalfOpen: true,
  _final: [Function: final],
  _maxListeners: undefined,
  _transform: [Function: transform],
  _eventsCount: 1,
  [Symbol(kCapture)]: false,
  [Symbol(kCallback)]: null
}

Mitigations

All users should upgrade to Deno v2.6.0 or newer.

Affected versions

crates.io

PackageVulnerableFixed in
deno
< 2.6.0
2.6.0

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

deno crates.io → 2.6.0

cargo
cargo update -p deno --precise 2.6.0

Severity breakdown

CVSS 4.0 0.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
High
Integrity (vulnerable system)
None
Availability (vulnerable system)
None
Confidentiality (subsequent systems)
High
Integrity (subsequent systems)
None
Availability (subsequent systems)
None

CVSS 3.1 7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Weakness

CWE-325: Missing Cryptographic Step

The product does not implement a required step in a cryptographic algorithm, resulting in weaker encryption than advertised by the algorithm.

References

Timeline

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