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Summary

CVECVE-2026-24118
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-05-04 17:16:21 UTC
Updated2026-05-08 19:30:38 UTC
Descriptionvm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to version 3.11.0, VM2 suffers from a sandbox breakout vulnerability. 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.001620000 probability, percentile 0.365990000 (date 2026-05-11)

Problem Types: CWE-94 | CWE-693 | CWE-94 CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') | CWE-693 CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vm2 Project Vm2 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Patriksimek Vm2 affected < 3.11.0 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/2b5f3e3a060d9088f5e1cdd585d683d491f990a3 [email protected] github.com Patch
github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0 [email protected] github.com Release Notes
github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f9b700b1c7d9ef2df416666cb24e0b659140cc74 [email protected] github.com Patch
github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 github.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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