Protection Mechanism Failure in vm2 - CVE-2026-26332

 

Protection Mechanism Failure in vm2 - CVE-2026-26332

Published: May 4, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU129594
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-26332
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper sandbox enforcement in the SuppressedError handling in vm2 when processing crafted code inside the sandbox. A remote attacker can trigger a sandbox escape to execute arbitrary code.

This issue was observed in vm2 v3.10.4 on Node.js v24.13.0.


Affected software

vm2

How to mitigate CVE-2026-26332

Install security update from vendor's website.

vm2 - update to 3.11.0

External References

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