Sandbox Breakout / Arbitrary Code Execution in safer-eval - safer-eval - GHSA-r3x4-wr4h-pw33

Description

Versions of safer-eval prior to 1.3.4 are vulnerable to Sandbox Escape leading to Remote Code Execution. A payload using constructor properties can escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code. For example, evaluating he string console.constructor.constructor('return process')().env prints process.env to the console.

Recommendation

Update the safer-eval package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 1.3.4
• Patched version(s): 1.3.4

References

• GHSA-r3x4-wr4h-pw33
• snyk.io
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2019-10759
• CWE-94
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Sandbox Breakout / Arbitrary Code Execution in safer-eval - safer-eval - GHSA-hgch-jjmr-gp7w - CVE-2019-10760
• Sandbox Breakout / Arbitrary Code Execution in safer-eval - safer-eval - CVE-2019-10769
• Sandbox Breakout / Arbitrary Code Execution in safer-eval - safer-eval - GHSA-876r-hj45-fw7g - Vulnerability
• Sandbox Breakout / Arbitrary Code Execution in localeval - Vulnerability

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safer-eval