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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS03anhyLWNnN2YtZ3Bnds4AAyoQ

vm2 vulnerable to sandbox escape

vm2 was not properly handling host objects passed to Error.prepareStackTrace in case of unhandled async errors.

• vm2 version: ~3.9.14
• Node version: 18.15.0, 19.8.1, 17.9.1

Impact

A threat actor can bypass the sandbox protections to gain remote code execution rights on the host running the sandbox.

Patches

This vulnerability was patched in the release of version 3.9.15 of vm2.

Workarounds

None.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7jxr-cg7f-gpgv
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS03anhyLWNnN2YtZ3Bnds4AAyoQ
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: about 1 year ago
Updated: about 1 year ago

CVSS Score: 9.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-7jxr-cg7f-gpgv, CVE-2023-29017
References:

• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-7jxr-cg7f-gpgv
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29017
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/515
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/d534e5785f38307b70d3aac1945260a261a94d50
• https://gist.github.com/seongil-wi/2a44e082001b959bfe304b62121fb76d
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7jxr-cg7f-gpgv

Repository: https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2
Blast Radius: 46.2

Affected Packages