CVE-2026-24781

critical

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/fd266d084e0a3322d0f71ba2a8dc4c96cd030228

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/bdd3d15e57bc4ec5e70365cd79f7cb0256e5f88c

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/8d30d93213c1898b3e035298b89a814970dd1189

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-04

Updated: 2026-05-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00137