Security advisory

{
  "id": "ee4db1ee98bb5b6dfcebe1b5a79693a763c3e9620c16b13947165c005d71c3b6",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23555",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-23555",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-23555",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-23555",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-23555",
        "GHSA-6pw2-5hjv-9pf7",
        "SNYK-JS-VM2-2309905"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "532120d5cdec7da8225fc6242e154ebabc63fe4d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vm2_project:vm2:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.9.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "532120d5cdec7da8225fc6242e154ebabc63fe4d"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.9.5",
            "3.9.4",
            "3.9.3",
            "v3.9.2",
            "v3.9.1",
            "v3.9.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-23555.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:32.408160131Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/532120d5cdec7da8225fc6242e154ebabc63fe4d",
        "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-VM2-2309905"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-23555",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385515,
  "published_at": "2022-02-11T20:15:07.44+00:00"
}