CVE-2023-30547 is a critical sandbox escape vulnerability affecting vm2 versions up to 3.9.16, a Node.js library used for running untrusted code. Attackers can exploit a flaw in exception sanitization to escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the host system. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog, proof-of-concept exploits are publicly available, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high likelihood of future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.9.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vm2_project:vm2:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.