GHSA-g644-9gfx-q4q4: vm2 Sandbox Escape vulnerability

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vm2 Sandbox Escape vulnerability

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 12, 2023 in patriksimek/vm2 • Updated Jul 13, 2023

Affected versions

<= 3.9.19

Description

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 8th of August.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

• Open an issue in VM2

References

• GHSA-g644-9gfx-q4q4

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database

Jul 13, 2023

Last updated

Jul 13, 2023