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High · 8.0 Public exploit CVE-2021-21413 EUVD-2021-0847GHSA-mmhj-4w6j-76h7

Misuse of `Reference` and other transferable APIs may lead to access to nodejs isolate

Published Mar 30, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

isolated-vm is a library for nodejs which gives you access to v8's Isolate interface. Versions of isolated-vm before v4.0.0 have API pitfalls which may make it easy for implementers to expose supposed secure isolates to the permissions of the main nodejs isolate. Reference objects allow access to the underlying reference's full prototype chain. In an environment where the implementer has exposed a Reference instance to an attacker they would be able to use it to acquire a Reference to the nodejs context's Function object. Similar application-specific attacks could be possible by modifying the local prototype of other API objects. Access to NativeModule objects could allow an attacker to load and run native code from anywhere on the filesystem. If combined with, for example, a file upload API this would allow for arbitrary code execution. This is addressed in v4.0.0 through a series of related changes.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
laverdet isolated-vm < 4.0.0 —

Public exploits

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm isolated-vm < 4.0.0 4.0.0 GHSA-mmhj-4w6j-76h7

References