CVE-2023-37903
CriticalCVSS 9.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
High risk87th percentile - higher than 87% of all known CVEs
Summary
vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. In versions up to and including 3.9.19, the inspect function in Node.js allows attackers to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code.
Risk Assessment
This may result in Remote Code Execution, assuming the attacker has arbitrary code execution primitive inside the context of vm2 sandbox. The lack of patches and known workarounds increases the risk.
Recommendation
Users are advised to find an alternative software as there are no available patches for this vulnerability.
Original NVD description (English source)
vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. In vm2 for versions up to and including 3.9.19, Node.js custom inspect function allows attackers to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code. This may result in Remote Code Execution, assuming the attacker has arbitrary code execution primitive inside the context of vm2 sandbox. There are no patches and no known workarounds. Users are advised to find an alternative software.