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CVE-2026-24120
VM2 Has Sandbox Breakout Through Promise Species
Impact
vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to version 3.10.5, the fix for CVE-2023-37466 is insufficient and can be circumvented allowing 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 3.10.5.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | vm2 | <= 3.10.3 | 3.10.5 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vm2 Project | Vm2 | before 3.10.5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qvjj-29qf-hp7p
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-cchq-frgv-rjh5
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-qvjj-29qf-hp7p
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24120
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.10.5
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24120
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466529
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-24120.json