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CVE-2023-40168: Malicious projects can read and upload arbitrary files from disk in TurboWarp Desktop

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

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.

Affected products

• TurboWarp desktop: before 1.8.0 — fixed in 1.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: TurboWarp desktop 1.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/TurboWarp/desktop/commit/55e07e99b59db334d75e8f46792a1569ab0884a6
• https://github.com/TurboWarp/desktop/commit/a62dbd7a28b41857e3b6f32443fda0527d493267
• https://github.com/TurboWarp/desktop/commit/f0f82aaf6cc8170e9da8b36953c98bfe533c019f
• https://github.com/TurboWarp/desktop/security/advisories/GHSA-wg4p-vj7h-q82q
• https://github.com/TurboWarp/desktop/commit/55e07e99b59db334d75e8f46792a1569ab0884a6
• https://github.com/TurboWarp/desktop/commit/a62dbd7a28b41857e3b6f32443fda0527d493267
• https://github.com/TurboWarp/desktop/commit/f0f82aaf6cc8170e9da8b36953c98bfe533c019f
• https://github.com/TurboWarp/desktop/security/advisories/GHSA-wg4p-vj7h-q82q

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