CVE-2023-37466
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 4.9%vm2 Sandbox Escape vulnerability
Published: 7/13/2023Modified: 2/3/2026
Description
In vm2 for versions up to 3.9.19, `Promise` handler sanitization can be bypassed, allowing attackers to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code. ### Impact Remote Code Execution, assuming the attacker has arbitrary code execution primitive inside the context of vm2 sandbox. ### Patches None. ### Workarounds None. ### References PoC - https://gist.github.com/leesh3288/f693061e6523c97274ad5298eb2c74e9 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: - Open an issue in [VM2](https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2) Thanks to [Xion](https://twitter.com/0x10n) (SeungHyun Lee) of [KAIST Hacking Lab](https://kaist-hacking.github.io/) for disclosing this vulnerability.
Affected packages (1)
- npm/vm2from 0, < 3.10.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37466
- PATCHhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2
- WEBhttps://gist.github.com/leesh3288/f693061e6523c97274ad5298eb2c74e9
- WEBhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/d9a1fde8ec5a5a9c9e5a69bf91d703950859d744
- WEBhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.10.0
- WEBhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-cchq-frgv-rjh5
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0007
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002