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Security checkFebruary 01, 2023

Sandbox Breakout / Arbitrary Code Execution in safer-eval - safer-eval

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High severitynpmsafer-eval

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Description

All versions of safer-eval are vulnerable to Sandbox Escape leading to Remote Code Execution. The package fails to restrict access to the main context and is not suited to process arbitrary user input. This may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the system.

Recommendation

No fix is available yet. Followings are affected versions:

  • <= 1.3.6

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