Improper access control in vm2 - CVE-2021-23555
Published: December 30, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU70543
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23555
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Patrik Simek
Affected software:
vm2
vm2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to sandbox bypass via direct access to host error objects generated by node internals during generation of a stacktraces. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-23555
Install updates from vendor's website.