- Description
- vm2 is a sandbox that can run untrusted code with whitelisted Node's built-in modules. There exists a vulnerability in exception sanitization of vm2 for versions up to 3.9.16, allowing attackers to raise an unsanitized host exception inside `handleException()` which can be used to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code in host context. This vulnerability was patched in the release of version `3.9.17` of `vm2`. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade.
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 10
- Impact score
- 6
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
- security-advisories@github.com
- CWE-74
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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