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Protection Mechanism Failure

CVE-2023-32314

High
10/10

Summary

The NPM package "vm2" is a sandbox that can run untrusted code with Node's built-in modules. A sandbox escape vulnerability exists in vm2 in versions prior to 3.9.18. It abuses an unexpected creation of a host object based on the specification of "Proxy". As a result, a threat actor can bypass the sandbox protections to gain remote code execution rights on the host running the sandbox. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure

The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published