CVE-2023-30547 (GCVE-0-2023-30547)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-04-17 21:42
Modified
2025-02-05 20:30
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
84.00% (0.9922)
Summary
vm2 is a sandbox that can run untrusted code with whitelisted Node's built-in modules. There exists a vulnerability in exception sanitization of vm2 for versions up to 3.9.16, allowing attackers to raise an unsanitized host exception inside `handleException()` which can be used to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code in host context. This vulnerability was patched in the release of version `3.9.17` of `vm2`. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
patriksimek vm2 Version: < 3.9.17
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