Skip to content

Inspect Manipulation

Moderate
patriksimek published GHSA-p5gc-c584-jj6v May 15, 2023

Package

npm vm2 (npm)

Affected versions

<= 3.9.17

Patched versions

3.9.18

Description

In versions 3.9.17 and lower of vm2 it was possible to get a read-write reference to the node inspect method and edit options for console.log.

Impact

A threat actor can edit options for console.log.

Patches

This vulnerability was patched in the release of version 3.9.18 of vm2.

Workarounds

After creating a vm make the inspect method readonly with vm.readonly(inspect).

References

PoC - https://gist.github.com/arkark/c1c57eaf3e0a649af1a70c2b93b17550

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

  • Open an issue in VM2

Thanks to @arkark (Takeshi Kaneko) of GMO Cybersecurity by Ierae, Inc. for disclosing this vulnerability.

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2023-32313

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits