CVE-2022-25893 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Vm2 Project	Vm2

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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

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

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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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