Environment permission bypass via unchecked dotenv writes
Published Jun 23, 2026 · Updated Jun 23, 2026
Incorrect authorization in Deno 2.3.0 through 2.8.0 allows local users to modify the runtime environment via a readable .env file. The Node-compatible process.loadEnvFile() API checks only read permission on the dotenv file and writes every parsed key into process.env without enforcing denied or allowlisted env permissions. Exploitation requires a program or dependency to call the API with read access to a less-trusted file while relying on the env permission boundary, enabling unauthorized environment-variable changes.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in Deno 2.3.0 through 2.8.0 allows local users to modify the runtime environment via a readable .env file. The Node-compatible process.loadEnvFile() API checks only read permission on the dotenv file and writes every parsed key into process.env without enforcing denied or allowlisted env permissions. Exploitation requires a program or dependency to call the API with read access to a less-trusted file while relying on the env permission boundary, enabling unauthorized environment-variable changes.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-49983
- Published
- Jun 23, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 23, 2026
- Vendor
- Deno Land
- Product
- Deno
- Classifications
- CWE-863, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 23, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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