CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-30547
10.0 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-04-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 10.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-74
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• vm2 project vm2 (<= 3.9.16)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness
References
- https://gist.github.com/leesh3288/381b230b04936dd4d74aaf90cc8bb244 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/4b22e87b102d97d45d112a0931dba1aef7eea049 Patch
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f3db4dee4d76b19869df05ba7880d638a880edd5 Patch
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-ch3r-j5x3-6q2m Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/leesh3288/381b230b04936dd4d74aaf90cc8bb244 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/4b22e87b102d97d45d112a0931dba1aef7eea049 Patch
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f3db4dee4d76b19869df05ba7880d638a880edd5 Patch
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-ch3r-j5x3-6q2m Exploit, Vendor Advisory