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Paper/Archive/CVE-2023-29199

CVE-2023-29199

patriksimek vm2 — vm2 Sandbox escape vulnerability

EPSS 4%CVSS 10.0
critical.is priorityof 100
48
CVSS 10.0 (NVD)10.0 / 10 × 3030.0Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 90.1.901 × 2018.0No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

There exists a vulnerability in source code transformer (exception sanitization logic) of vm2 for versions up to 3.9.15, allowing attackers to bypass `handleException()` and leak unsanitized host exceptions which can be used to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code in host context. A threat actor can bypass the sandbox protections to gain remote code execution rights on the host running the sandbox. This vulnerability was patched in the release of version `3.9.16` of `vm2`.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
vm2< 3.9.16–CNA

Scores by source

NVD10.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub_M (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985refgithub.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/516refgithub.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/24c724daa7c09f003e556d7cd1c7a8381cb985d7refgist.github.com/leesh3288/f05730165799bf56d70391f3d9ea187crefgithub.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/3.9.16