Improper access control in vm2 - CVE-2026-93604
Published: September 4, 2026 / Updated: September 22, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU146898
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-93604
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to alter host process cryptographic configuration and cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in the NodeVM crypto sanitizer when executing untrusted JavaScript in a NodeVM with the crypto builtin allowlisted. A remote attacker can call crypto.setFips to alter host process cryptographic configuration and cause a denial of service.
Exploitation depends on a Node.js/OpenSSL build where crypto.setFips is functional.
Affected software
vm2
How to mitigate CVE-2026-93604
Install security update from vendor's website.
vm2 - update to 3.12.1