CVE-2023-29017vm2 Sandbox Escape vulnerability
- 10.0CriticalCVSS base score
- 63.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 63.2% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Affected products
- affected < 3.9.15
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References
References4
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-7jxr-cg7f-gpgv (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/515 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/d534e5785f38307b70d3aac1945260a261a94d50 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gist.github.com/seongil-wi/2a44e082001b959bfe304b62121fb76d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-1229 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7jxr-cg7f-gpgv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-29017)Record last updated .