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SCA: security update for vm2 (GHSA-whpj-8f3w-67p5)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419946

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - vm2 is a sandbox that can run untrusted code with Node's built-in modules. A sandbox escape vulnerability
 exists in vm2 for versions up to and including 3.9.17. It abuses an unexpected creation of a host object
 based on the specification of `Proxy`. As a result 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 `3.9.18` of `vm2`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for
 this vulnerability. (CVE-2023-32314)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-whpj-8f3w-67p5

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 419946

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.39

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32314

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32314

cwe: CWE-74