CVE-2023-29017

Q: How do I fix CVE-2023-29017?

Upgrade vm2 to 3.9.15 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2023-29017 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-29017 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 63.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2023-29017?

CVE-2023-29017 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2023-29017 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for vm2 (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALEPSS 99th pctl

10.0

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-913

How to fix

Remediation Available

vm2NVD

Affected:< 3.9.15Fixed in:3.9.15CVE-2023-29017derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

63.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit2

Vendor Advisory1

github.com

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2023-29017?

Upgrade vm2 to 3.9.15 or later.

Is CVE-2023-29017 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-29017 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 63.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2023-29017?

CVE-2023-29017 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2023-29017 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for vm2 (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.