GHSA-4j36-39gm-8vq8 OneUptime: Synthetic Monitor RCE via exposed Playwright browser object
SummaryOneUptime Synthetic Monitors allow low-privileged project users to submit custom Playwright code that is executed on the `oneuptime-probe` service. In the current implementation, this untrusted code is run inside Node's `vm` and is given live host Playwright objects such as `browser` and `page`.This creates a distinct server-side RCE primitive: the attacker does not need the classic `this.constructor.constructor(...)` sandbox escape. Instead, the attacker can directly use the injected Playwright `browser` object to reach `browser.browserType().launch(...)` and spawn an arbitrary executable on the probe host/container.This appears to be a separate issue from the previously published `node:vm(GHSA-h343-gg57-2q67)` breakout advisory because the root cause here is exposure of a dangerous host capability object to untrusted code, not prototype-chain access to `process`.DetailsA normal project member can create or edit monitors and monitor tests:https://github.com/OneUptime/oneuptime/blob/8e90f451426b160718bdd1796b68c5ec15318101/Common/Models/DatabaseModels/Monitor.ts#L45-L78https://github.com/OneUptime/oneuptime/blob/8e90f451426b160718bdd1796b68c5ec15318101/Common/Models/DatabaseModels/MonitorTest.ts#L27-L60The dashboard exposes a Playwright code editor for Synthetic Monitors and allows the user to queue a test run:https://github.com/OneUptime/oneuptime/blob/8e90f451426b160718bdd1796b68c5ec15318101/App/FeatureSet/Dashboard/src/Components/Form/Monitor/MonitorStep.tsx#L861-L918https://github.com/OneUptime/oneuptime/blob/8e90f451426b160718bdd1796b68c5ec15318101/App/FeatureSet/Dashboard/src/Components/Form/Monitor/MonitorTest.tsx#L66-L84The probe worker polls queued monitor tests and executes them:https://github.com/OneUptime/oneuptime/blob/8e90f451426b160718bdd1796b68c5ec15318101/Probe/Jobs/Monitor/FetchMonitorTest.ts#L55-L85For `MonitorType.SyntheticMonitor`, the user-controlled `customCode` is passed into `SyntheticMonitor.execute(...)`:https://github.com/OneUptime/oneuptime/blob/8e90f451426b160718bdd1796b68c5ec15318101/Probe/Utils/Monitors/Monitor.ts#L323-L338`SyntheticMonitor.execute(...)` then runs that code through `VMRunner.runCodeInNodeVM(...)` and injects the live Playwright `browser` and `page` objects into the VM context:https://github.com/OneUptime/oneuptime/blob/8e90f451426b160718bdd1796b68c5ec15318101/Probe/Utils/Monitors/MonitorTypes/SyntheticMonitor.ts#L156-L168`VMRunner.runCodeInNodeVM(...)` creates a Node `vm` context and exposes host objects into it, including the additional context objects:https://github.com/OneUptime/oneuptime/blob/8e90f451426b160718bdd1796b68c5ec15318101/Common/Server/Utils/VM/VMRunner.ts#L323-L405The proxy wrapper blocks only a small set of property names and still forwards normal method calls with the real host `this` binding. Because of that, untrusted monitor code can still use legitimate Playwright methods on the injected `browser` object.That is enough for code execution because Playwright's `Browser` exposes `browserType()`, and `BrowserType.launch()` accepts attacker-controlled process launch options such as `executablePath`, `args`, and `ignoreDefaultArgs`. An attacker can therefore cause the probe to spawn an arbitrary executable. Even if Playwright later errors because the spawned process is not a real browser, the command has already executed.This same execution path is also used for normal scheduled monitors, not only one-shot monitor tests:https://github.com/OneUptime/oneuptime/blob/8e90f451426b160718bdd1796b68c5ec15318101/Probe/Jobs/Monitor/FetchList.ts#L110-L121As a result, the issue can be abused either as a one-shot RCE via `Test Monitor` or as a persistent scheduled RCE by saving a malicious Synthetic Monitor.PoCLog in as any user with normal project membership.Go to `Monitors -> Create New Monitor`.Select `Synthetic Monitor`.In `Playwright Code`, paste the following script:Select any one browser type, for example `Chromium`.Select any one screen type, for example `Desktop`.Set retry count to `0`.Click `Test Monitor` and choose a probe.Expected result:the monitor execution succeeded and in the `Show More Details` the command output is shown.
<img width="899" height="249" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/98ebd26f-431b-438e-9459-7deeebf97b18" />ImpactThis is a server-side `Remote Code Execution` issue affecting the probe component.Who is impacted:any OneUptime deployment where an attacker can obtain ordinary project membershipenvironments where the probe has access to internal services, secrets, Kubernetes metadata, database credentials, proxy credentials, or other cluster-local trust relationships
CVSS v3.1 score: 9.9