Kurz gesagt
- CVE-2023-29017 ist eine Schwachstelle (KRITISCH (CVSS 9.8)) in vm2 (vm2 project), vm2.
- Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Ausnutzung in den nächsten 30 Tagen (EPSS): 63.2%, höher als bei 99.2% aller Schwachstellen.
- Abhilfe: auf 3.9.15 oder neuer aktualisieren.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| vm2 | < 3.9.15
| 3.9.15
|
| vm2 npm | < 3.9.15
| 3.9.15
|
Description
vm2 was not properly handling host objects passed to Error.prepareStackTrace in case of unhandled async errors.
- vm2 version: ~3.9.14
- Node version: 18.15.0, 19.8.1, 17.9.1
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 3.9.15 of vm2.
Workarounds
None.
NVD description
vm2 is a sandbox that can run untrusted code with whitelisted Node's built-in modules. Prior to version 3.9.15, vm2 was not properly handling host objects passed to `Error.prepareStackTrace` in case of unhandled async errors. A threat actor could 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 3.9.15 of vm2. There are no known workarounds.
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