CVE-2026-24781

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

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

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical Impact: total

vm2: vm2: Arbitrary code execution via sandbox breakout through inspect function

Additional References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24781
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466531
• https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-24781.json
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26234

References

• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/8d30d93213c1898b3e035298b89a814970dd1189
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/bdd3d15e57bc4ec5e70365cd79f7cb0256e5f88c
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/fd266d084e0a3322d0f71ba2a8dc4c96cd030228
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0

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