FKIE_CVE-2023-29199

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-04-14 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:49
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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`.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://gist.github.com/leesh3288/f05730165799bf56d70391f3d9ea187cExploit, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/24c724daa7c09f003e556d7cd1c7a8381cb985d7Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/516Issue Tracking, Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/3.9.16Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gist.github.com/leesh3288/f05730165799bf56d70391f3d9ea187cExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/24c724daa7c09f003e556d7cd1c7a8381cb985d7Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/516Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/3.9.16Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vm2_project vm2 *
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