Malicious projects can read and upload arbitrary files from disk in TurboWarp Desktop
TurboWarp is a desktop application that compiles scratch projects to JavaScript. TurboWarp Desktop versions prior to version 1.8.0 allowed a malicious project or custom extension to read arbitrary files from disk and upload them to a remote server. The only required user interaction is opening the sb3 file or loading the extension. The web version of TurboWarp is not affected. This bug has been addressed in commit `55e07e99b59` after an initial fix which was reverted. Users are advised to upgrade to version 1.8.0 or later. Users unable to upgrade should avoid opening sb3 files or loading extensions from untrusted sources.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2023-40168
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 8 Nov 2026, 03:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Malicious projects can read and upload arbitrary files from disk in TurboWarp Desktop
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 17 Aug 2023, 19:05 UTC
TurboWarp is a desktop application that compiles scratch projects to JavaScript. TurboWarp Desktop versions prior to version 1.8.0 allowed a malicious project or custom extension to read arbitrary files from disk and upload them to a remote server. The only required user interaction is opening the sb3 file or loading the extension. The web version of TurboWarp is not affected. This bug has been addressed in commit `55e07e99b59` after an initial fix which was reverted. Users are advised to upgrade to version 1.8.0 or later. Users unable to upgrade should avoid opening sb3 files or loading extensions from untrusted sources.
osv:CVE-2023-40168
Complete source record
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