{"id":"CVE-2023-30547","aliases":["GHSA-ch3r-j5x3-6q2m"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2023-30547","summary":"Sandbox Escape in vm2","details":"There exists a vulnerability in exception sanitization of vm2 for versions up to 3.9.16, allowing attackers to raise an unsanitized host exception inside `handleException()` which can be used to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code in host context.\n\n### Impact\nA threat actor can bypass the sandbox protections to gain remote code execution rights on the host running the sandbox.\n\n### Patches\nThis vulnerability was patched in the release of version `3.9.17` of `vm2`.\n\n### Workarounds\nNone.\n\n### References\nPoC - https://gist.github.com/leesh3288/381b230b04936dd4d74aaf90cc8bb244\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n\n- Open an issue in [VM2](https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2)\n\nThanks to [Xion](https://twitter.com/0x10n) (SeungHyun Lee) of [KAIST Hacking Lab](https://kaist-hacking.github.io/) for disclosing this vulnerability.","published":"2023-04-17T21:42:10.514Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:27.330138074Z","cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":4,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"vm2","fixedVersion":"3.9.17"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/4b22e87b102d97d45d112a0931dba1aef7eea049","label":"patriksimek/vm2@4b22e87"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://gist.github.com/leesh3288/381b230b04936dd4d74aaf90cc8bb244"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/30xxx/CVE-2023-30547.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-ch3r-j5x3-6q2m"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30547"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/4b22e87b102d97d45d112a0931dba1aef7eea049"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f3db4dee4d76b19869df05ba7880d638a880edd5"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/3.9.17"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:27.330138074Z"}}