CVE-2023-29017
A threat actor could bypass the sandbox protections to gain remote code execution rights on the host running the sandbox.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 63.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
vm2 is a sandbox that can run untrusted code with whitelisted Node's built-in modules. Prior to version 3.9.15, vm2 was not properly handling host objects passed to `Error.prepareStackTrace` in case of unhandled async errors. A threat actor could 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 3.9.15 of vm2. There are no known workarounds.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 63.19% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-913
- Affected
- vm2 project/vm2
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
EPSS 63.2% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://gist.github.com/seongil-wi/2a44e082001b959bfe304b62121fb76dExploit
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/d534e5785f38307b70d3aac1945260a261a94d50Patch
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/515Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-7jxr-cg7f-gpgvVendor Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/seongil-wi/2a44e082001b959bfe304b62121fb76dExploit
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/d534e5785f38307b70d3aac1945260a261a94d50Patch
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/515Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-7jxr-cg7f-gpgvVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.