CVE-2026-24781 (GCVE-0-2026-24781)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-04 16:33 – Updated: 2026-05-04 17:15
VLAI?
Title
vm2: Sandbox Breakout Through Inspect
Summary
vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to version 3.11.0, VM2 suffers from a sandbox breakout vulnerability through the inspect function. This allows attackers to write code which can escape from the VM2 sandbox and execute arbitrary commands on the host system. This issue has been patched in version 3.11.0.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
patriksimek vm2 Affected: < 3.11.0
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