Critical severity · published Apr 17, 2023
CVE-2023-30547
Sandbox Escape in vm2
10.0
CVSS
73%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)73.0% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VM
vm2 · patriksimek
< 3.9.17 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30547
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-30547
Exploit
https://gist.github.com/leesh3288/381b230b04936dd4d74aaf90cc8bb244
Patch
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/4b22e87b102d97d45d112a0931dba1aef7eea049
Patch
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f3db4dee4d76b19869df05ba7880d638a880edd5
Exploit
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-ch3r-j5x3-6q2m
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