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CVE-2023-29199
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2023-04-14T19:15:09.337 · Last modified 2026-06-17T05:49:35.597

Summary

There exists a vulnerability in source code transformer (exception sanitization logic) of vm2 for versions up to 3.9.15, allowing attackers to bypass `handleException()` and leak unsanitized host exceptions which can be used to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code in host context. A threat actor can 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 `3.9.16` of `vm2`.

Affected products

vm2_project — vm2

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