CVE-2023-29199
vm2 Sandbox escape vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Apr 14, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 6, 2025
- Reserved
- Apr 3, 2023
Description
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. A threat actor can bypass the sandbox protections to gain remote code execution rights on the host running the sandbox. This vulnerability was patched in the release of version `3.9.16` of `vm2`.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-913 Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
vm2patriksimek |
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References
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985
- 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/releases/tag/3.9.16
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