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vm2 Sandbox Escape vulnerability

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 12, 2023 in patriksimek/vm2 • Updated Nov 5, 2023

Package

npm vm2 (npm)

Affected versions

<= 3.9.19

Patched versions

None

Description

In vm2 for versions up to 3.9.19, Promise handler sanitization can be bypassed, allowing attackers to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code.

Impact

Remote Code Execution, assuming the attacker has arbitrary code execution primitive inside the context of vm2 sandbox.

Patches

None.

Workarounds

None.

References

PoC - https://gist.github.com/leesh3288/f693061e6523c97274ad5298eb2c74e9

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

  • Open an issue in VM2

Thanks to Xion (SeungHyun Lee) of KAIST Hacking Lab for disclosing this vulnerability.

References

@patriksimek patriksimek published to patriksimek/vm2 Jul 12, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 13, 2023
Reviewed Jul 13, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 14, 2023
Last updated Nov 5, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-37466

GHSA ID

GHSA-cchq-frgv-rjh5

Source code

Credits

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