@nestjs/devtools-integration’s CSRF to Sandbox Escape Allows for RCE against JS Developers

CVE Details

Basic Information

Title @nestjs/devtools-integration’s CSRF to Sandbox Escape Allows for RCE against JS Developers
Type cve
Published 2025-08-01T23:36:58.421Z
Modified 2025-08-01T23:36:58.421Z

Product Information

Vendor nestjs
Product nest
Version < 0.2.1

CVSS Information

Base Score 9.4 (CRITICAL)
Attack Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Affected Products

  • nestjs nest < 0.2.1

Additional Information

CWE List CWE-77, CWE-78, CWE-352
Source GitHub_M

Description

Nest is a framework for building scalable Node.js server-side applications. In versions 0.2.0 and below, a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability was discovered in the @nestjs/devtools-integration package. When enabled, the package exposes a local development HTTP server with an API endpoint that uses an unsafe JavaScript sandbox (safe-eval-like implementation). Due to improper sandboxing and missing cross-origin protections, any malicious website visited by a developer can execute arbitrary code on their local machine. The package adds HTTP endpoints to a locally running NestJS development server. One of these endpoints, /inspector/graph/interact, accepts JSON input containing a code field and executes the provided code in a Node.js vm.runInNewContext sandbox. This is fixed in version 0.2.1.

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