CVE-2023-30547 Sandbox Escape in vm2

2023-04-1721:42:10

CWE-74

GitHub_M

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sandbox escape

vm2

vulnerability

exception sanitization

patch

upgrade

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

9.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

55.4%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "patriksimek",
    "product": "vm2",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 3.9.17",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]