GHSA-cchq-frgv-rjh5CriticalCVSS 9.8

vm2 Sandbox Escape vulnerability

Published
July 13, 2023
Last Modified
January 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 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

Thanks to Xion (SeungHyun Lee) of KAIST Hacking Lab for disclosing this vulnerability.

🎯 Affected products1

  • npm/vm2:<= 3.9.19

🔗 References (8)