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GHSA-g644-9gfx-q4q4

vm2 Sandbox Escape vulnerability

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Critical CVE-2023-37903

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npm vm2 <= 3.9.19 no fix listed

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

In vm2 for versions up to 3.9.19, Node.js custom inspect function allows 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 is to be disclosed on or after the 5th of September. ### Similarity with [CVE-2023-37466](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37466) While this advisory might look similar to [CVE-2023-37466](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37466), it is a completely different way of escaping the sandbox. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: - Open an issue in [VM2](https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2) Thanks to [Xion](https://twitter.com/0x10n) (SeungHyun Lee) of [KAIST Hacking Lab](https://kaist-hacking.github.io/) for disclosing this vulnerability.

References

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