CVE-2022-25893 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The package vm2 before 3.9.10 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution due to the usage of prototype lookup for the WeakMap.prototype.set method. Exploiting this vulnerability leads to access to a host object and a sandbox compromise.

Published: 2022-12-21

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

vm2

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 3.9.10

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vm2_project:vm2:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7507	The package vm2 before 3.9.10 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution due to the usage of prototype lookup for the WeakMap.prototype.set method. Exploiting this vulnerability leads to access to a host object and a sandbox compromise.
Github GHSA	GHSA-4w2j-2rg4-5mjw	vm2 vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00495.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/444
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/pull/445
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/pull/445/commits/3a9876482be487b78a90ac459675da7f83f46d69
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-VM2-2990237

History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-471

Subscriptions

Vm2 Project Vm2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published: 2022-12-21T23:14:33.786Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T19:18:16.546Z

Reserved: 2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-25893

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-21T05:15:11.220

Modified: 2025-04-15T20:15:35.633

Link: CVE-2022-25893

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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