CVE-2023-29017

criticalpriority · attend · 71EPSS 0.632 · 99 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

63.2% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 9.8 · critical

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

vm2 is a sandbox that can run untrusted code with whitelisted Node's built-in modules. Prior to version 3.9.15, vm2 was not properly handling host objects passed to `Error.prepareStackTrace` in case of unhandled async errors. A threat actor could 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 3.9.15 of vm2. There are no known workarounds.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.110criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.110criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.110criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 6

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-755USCWE-913USCWE-913USCWE-913US

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

gunwoo105/Node_CVE-2023-29017Node.js vm2 CVE-2023-29017 reproduction with Docker Compose and PoCPoC · poc_in_github
passwa11/CVE-2023-29017-reverse-shellpasswa11/CVE-2023-29017-reverse-shellPoC · poc_in_github
timb-machine-mirrors/seongil-wi-CVE-2023-29017Clone from gistPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
patriksimek vm2≤ < 3.9.15enisa_euvdEU
Node.js Foundation vm2≤ 3.9.15fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes≤ 2fstec_bduRU
vm2 project vm2< 3.9.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vm2_project:vm2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
npm vm2< 3.9.15osvUSpkg:npm/vm2

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1004vm2: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-04-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in vm2 ausnutzen, um aus der Sandbox auszubrechen und beliebigen Code im Host-Kontext auszuführen.
GHSA-7jxr-cg7f-gpgvvm2 vulnerable to sandbox escape2023-04-07ghsa · osvUS
vm2 was not properly handling host objects passed to `Error.prepareStackTrace` in case of unhandled async errors. - vm2 version: ~3.9.14 - Node version: 18.15.0, 19.8.1, 17.9.1 ### Impact A threat actor can bypass the sandbox protections to gain remote code execution rights on the host running the sandbox. ### Patches This vulnerability was patched in the release of version `3.9.15` of `vm2`. ### Workarounds None.

also known as (4)

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-04-06modified 2026-07-13

references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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