Security Bulletin: IBM Instana Observability for Synthetic PoP is affected by vulnerabilities in vm2

Summary

Vulnerabilities in vm2 were addressed in IBM Observability with Instana for Synthetic PoP build 256 [CVE-2023-37903, CVE-2023-37466]

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-37903
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js vm2 module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a flaw in the custom inspect function. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/261385 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-37466
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js vm2 module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a sandbox escape flaw in the Promise handler. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/260831 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing these vulnerabilities now by updating IBM Observability with Instana for Synthetic PoP to the latest release as described here:

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=saas-build-268#synthetic-monitoring&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None