CVE-2023-32314: VM2 Project VM2

Critical severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 8.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

vm2 is a sandbox that can run untrusted code with Node's built-in modules. A sandbox escape vulnerability exists in vm2 for versions up to and including 3.9.17. It abuses an unexpected creation of a host object based on the specification of `Proxy`. As a result a threat actor can 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 `3.9.18` of `vm2`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

• VM2 Project VM2: before 3.9.18 (fixed in 3.9.18)

Published 2023-05-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.