What is CVE-2023-37903?

CVE-2023-37903 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Patriksimek Vm2, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-07-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-37903?

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

Is CVE-2023-37903 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Patriksimek Vm2

CVE-2023-37903

vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. In vm2 for versions up to and including 3.9.19, Node.js custom inspect function allows attackers to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code. This may result in Remote Code Execution, assuming…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.369 (97.2th 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

Patriksimek Vm2 — versions <= 3.9.19

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-g644-9gfx-q4q4 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0007/

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-37903?: CVE-2023-37903 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Patriksimek Vm2, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-37903?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-37903 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.