CVE-2026-24118CRITICAL 9.8EPSS p54.5%
CVE-2026-24118CVE-2026-24118
Description
vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to version 3.11.0, VM2 suffers from a sandbox breakout vulnerability. 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.
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.89% probability of exploitation · percentile 54.5% · 2026-06-18T12:00:27Z |
| Published | 2026-05-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-05-08 |
Underlying weaknesses· 2
References
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/2b5f3e3a060d9088f5e1cdd585d683d491f990a3
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f9b700b1c7d9ef2df416666cb24e0b659140cc74
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p
2
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Protection Mechanism Failurecwe-693 | 0% | live |
| Weakness | Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')cwe-94 | 0% | live |
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