SCA: security update for vm2 (GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420544

Description

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

- 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`. (CVE-2023-29199)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 420544

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.33

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-2023-29199

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: 4/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29199

cwe: CWE-913