GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985
vm2 Sandbox Escape vulnerability
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
There exists a vulnerability in source code transformer (exception sanitization logic) of vm2 for versions up to 3.9.15, allowing attackers to bypass `handleException()` and leak unsanitized host exceptions which can be used to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code in host context.
### Impact
A threat actor can bypass the sandbox protections to gain remote code execution rights on the host running the sandbox.
### Patches
This vulnerability was patched in the release of version `3.9.16` of `vm2`.
### Workarounds
None.
### References
Github Issue - https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/516
PoC - https://gist.github.com/leesh3288/f05730165799bf56d70391f3d9ea187c
### 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
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29199
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/516
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/24c724daa7c09f003e556d7cd1c7a8381cb985d7
- https://gist.github.com/leesh3288/f05730165799bf56d70391f3d9ea187c
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/3.9.16