Security features bypass in vm2 - CVE-2023-37466

 

Security features bypass in vm2 - CVE-2023-37466

Published: August 30, 2023 / Updated: October 25, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80135
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-37466
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: Patrik Simek
Affected software:
vm2

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input within the Promise handler. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, bypass sanitization with `@@species` accessor property to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-37466

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

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