FKIE_CVE-2023-30547

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-04-17 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:54
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://gist.github.com/leesh3288/381b230b04936dd4d74aaf90cc8bb244Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/4b22e87b102d97d45d112a0931dba1aef7eea049Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f3db4dee4d76b19869df05ba7880d638a880edd5Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-ch3r-j5x3-6q2mExploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gist.github.com/leesh3288/381b230b04936dd4d74aaf90cc8bb244Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/4b22e87b102d97d45d112a0931dba1aef7eea049Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f3db4dee4d76b19869df05ba7880d638a880edd5Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-ch3r-j5x3-6q2mExploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vm2_project vm2 *
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