{"id":"CVE-2023-29199","summary":"vm2 Sandbox escape vulnerability","details":"There exists a vulnerability in source code transformer (exception sanitization logic) of vm2 for versions up to 3.9.15, allowing attackers to bypass `handleException()` and leak unsanitized host exceptions which can be used to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code in host context. 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 `3.9.16` of `vm2`.\n","aliases":["GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985"],"modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:40.675636884Z","published":"2023-04-14T18:37:03.847Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-913"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29199.json","cna_assigner":"GitHub_M"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://gist.github.com/leesh3288/f05730165799bf56d70391f3d9ea187c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/3.9.16"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29199.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29199"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/516"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/24c724daa7c09f003e556d7cd1c7a8381cb985d7"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"24c724daa7c09f003e556d7cd1c7a8381cb985d7"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.9.16"}],"source":["AFFECTED_FIELD","CPE_RANGE","REFERENCES"],"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:vm2_project:vm2:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*"}}],"versions":["3.9.15","3.9.14","3.9.13","3.9.12","3.9.11","3.9.10","3.9.9","3.9.8","3.9.7","3.9.6","3.9.5","3.9.4","3.9.3","v3.9.2","v3.9.1","v3.9.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-29199.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}