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CVE-2021-23555 (GCVE-0-2021-23555)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-11 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:23
VLAI
Title
Sandbox Bypass
Summary
The package vm2 before 3.9.6 are vulnerable to Sandbox Bypass via direct access to host error objects generated by node internals during generation of a stacktraces, which can lead to execution of arbitrary code on the host machine.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P
CWE
  • Sandbox Bypass
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a vm2 Affected: unspecified , < 3.9.6 (custom)
Date Public
2022-02-11 00:00
Credits
Cris Staicu Abdullah Alhamdan
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