What is CVE-2021-23555?

CVE-2021-23555 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Vm2 Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-23555?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-23555 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Vm2 Project

CVE-2021-23555

The package vm2 before 3.9.6 are vulnerable to Sandbox Bypass via direct access to host error objects generated by node internals during generation of a stacktraces, which can lead to execution of arbitrary code on the host machine.

EPSS: 0.029 (85.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Vm2_project Vm2
N/a Vm2 — versions unspecified

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

report@snyk.io (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
report@snyk.io (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23555?: CVE-2021-23555 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Vm2 Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-23555?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-23555 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.