01 Record
CVE-2023-29199
vm2 Sandbox escape vulnerability
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
vm2 Sandbox escape vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 3.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 10.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-04-14 18:37Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-02-06 18:45Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-04-03
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d536e5466702ae999152fc089b8f8ea95446f39ed46b552d8f63293280cfe7b1
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-xj72-wvfv-8985
- github.comhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/516
- github.comhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/24c724daa7c09f003e556d7cd1c7a8381cb985d7
- gist.github.comhttps://gist.github.com/leesh3288/f05730165799bf56d70391f3d9ea187c
- github.comhttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/3.9.16