vm2 is a sandbox that can run untrusted code with whitelisted Nodes built-in modules. In versions prior to version 3.9.11, 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 3.9.11 of vm2. There are no known workarounds.
Weakness
The product does not properly restrict reading from or writing to dynamically-managed code resources such as variables, objects, classes, attributes, functions, or executable instructions or statements.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vm2 | Vm2_project | * | 3.9.11 (excluding) |
Potential Mitigations
References
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/blob/master/lib/setup-sandbox.js#L71
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/d9a7f3cc995d3d861e1380eafb886cb3c5e2b873#diff-b1a515a627d820118e76d0e323fe2f0589ed50a1eacb490f6c3278fe3698f164
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/467
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-mrgp-mrhc-5jrq
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0002/
- https://www.oxeye.io/blog/vm2-sandbreak-vulnerability-cve-2022-36067
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/blob/master/lib/setup-sandbox.js#L71
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/d9a7f3cc995d3d861e1380eafb886cb3c5e2b873#diff-b1a515a627d820118e76d0e323fe2f0589ed50a1eacb490f6c3278fe3698f164
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/467
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-mrgp-mrhc-5jrq
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221017-0002/
- https://www.oxeye.io/blog/vm2-sandbreak-vulnerability-cve-2022-36067