CVE-2023-37466: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

July 14, 2023 (updated February 1, 2024)

vm2 is an advanced vm/sandbox for Node.js. The library contains critical security issues and should not be used for production. The maintenance of the project has been discontinued. In vm2 for versions up to 3.9.19, Promise handler sanitization can be bypassed with @@species accessor property allowing attackers to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code. Remote Code Execution, assuming the attacker has arbitrary code execution primitive inside the context of vm2 sandbox.

References

github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-cchq-frgv-rjh5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37466

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