QID 378431

Date Published: 2023-04-19

QID 378431: vm2 NPM Package Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability (GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985)

vm2 was not properly handling exception sanitization logic that lead to allowing bypass handleException() and leak unsanitized host exceptions

Affected Versions:
vm2 NPM package versions prior to 3.9.16

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
This QID checks for vulnerable version of vm2 npm package installed globally. The QID runs the "npm list -g --silent" command and checks the file "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/vm2/package.json" to look for vulnerable versions of vm2.

Note:
NPM packages can be installed anywhere as a developer/production dependency. This QID can only detect vm2 packages that are installed globally. For Microsoft Windows, this QID checks for installed packages within the '%systemdrive%\Users\Administrator' directory.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in remote code execution.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 10 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to update to version 3.9.16 or later. For more information please refer to Vendor Advisory

Vendor References

GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985 - github.com/advisories/GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985

CVEs related to QID 378431

CVE-2023-29199 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985			github.com/advisories/GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985

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