Security features bypass in vm2 - CVE-2023-37903

 

Security features bypass in vm2 - CVE-2023-37903

Published: August 15, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79504
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-37903
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Patrik Simek
Affected software:
vm2

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to unspecified error. An attacker with code execution primitive inside the context of vm2 sandbox can use the Node.js custom inspect function to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-37903

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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