Description

This affects the package vm2 before 3.9.4 via a Prototype Pollution attack vector, which can lead to execution of arbitrary code on the host machine.

Remediation

References

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/363

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-VM2-1585918

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/3.9.4

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/b4f6e2bd2c4a1ef52fc4483d8e35f28bc4481886

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0010/

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Severity

Critical

Classification

CWE-1321 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Third Party Advisory Exploit Release Notes Patch