Vulnerability in vm2 (CVE-2021-23555)
Summary
Vulnerability in vm2 (CVE-2021-23555). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 3.9.6 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The package vm2 before 3.9.6 are vulnerable to Sandbox Bypass via direct access to host error objects generated by node internals during generation of a stacktraces, which can lead to execution of arbitrary code on the host machine.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-23555 has been found in vm2.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade vm2 to 3.9.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "vm2 CVE-2021-23555" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-23555 (vm2) — CWE-1321
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 3.9.6 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-1321) exists in vm2.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of vm2.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 3.9.6.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'vm2' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'vm2' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
vm2を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade vm2 to 3.9.6ステージング環境で 3.9.6 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- patch github.com
- patch snyk.io