{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including vm2. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-29017 exists.","fix":"Upgrade vm2 to 3.9.15 or later.","what":"CVE-2023-29017 is a critical code injection vulnerability in patriksimek vm2, published on 6 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-29017 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-29017 is a critical code injection vulnerability in patriksimek vm2, published on 6 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-29017 exists.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- vm2 (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 3.9.15\n- vm2 (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 3.9.15\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29017/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29017/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-29017","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29017/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-29017","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7jxr-cg7f-gpgv","ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2023-29017"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Node.js sandbox library","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can bypass sandbox protections to execute arbitrary code on the host via improper handling of async errors in vm2.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"code_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"vm2","vendor":"vm2_project"}],"cvss":{"score":10,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-913","name":"Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources"}],"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.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2023-04-07","github_poc":3,"max_poc_stars":2,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2023-04-07T18:26:25Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/timb-machine-mirrors/seongil-wi-CVE-2023-29017","stars":2,"title":"Clone from gist"},{"date":"2023-07-20T03:04:26Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/passwa11/CVE-2023-29017-reverse-shell","stars":0,"title":null},{"date":"2026-07-12T19:09:01Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/gunwoo105/Node_CVE-2023-29017","stars":0,"title":"Node.js vm2 CVE-2023-29017 reproduction with Docker Compose and PoC"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"vm2 Sandbox Escape vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-29017","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":"code_injection","year":"2023"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"OpenFeature Operator vulnerable to Cluster-level Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2023-29018"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["3.9.15"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"vm2","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-7jxr-cg7f-gpgv"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["3.9.15"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"vm2","purl":"pkg:npm/vm2","source":"GHSA-7jxr-cg7f-gpgv"}],"prev":{"headline":"Goobi viewer Core has Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in User Nicknames","id":"CVE-2023-29016"},"products":["vm2"],"published":"2023-04-06","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"vm2: Sandbox Escape","id":"CVE-2026-43997","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-13"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"vm2: Sandbox escape","id":"CVE-2026-44005","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-13"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"vm2: Sandbox Escape","id":"CVE-2026-44006","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-13"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"vm2 vulnerable to Sandbox Escape before v3.9.11","id":"CVE-2022-36067","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-09-06"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"vm2: NodeVM builtin allowlist bypass via `module` builtin's `Module._load` allows sandbox escape","id":"CVE-2026-43999","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-13"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"vm2: Snabox breakout via `neutralizeArraySpeciesBatch`","id":"CVE-2026-44008","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-02-10","vendors":["patriksimek"]},"summary":"Attackers can bypass sandbox protections to execute arbitrary code on the host via improper handling of async errors in vm2.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29017/"}