CVE-2026-24118 | THREATINT

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-21 | Published 2026-05-04 | Updated 2026-05-04 | Assigner GitHub_M

CRITICAL: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure

Product status

< 3.11.0

affected

References

github.com/...ek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p exploit

github.com/...ek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p

github.com/...ommit/2b5f3e3a060d9088f5e1cdd585d683d491f990a3

github.com/...ommit/f9b700b1c7d9ef2df416666cb24e0b659140cc74

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

cve.org (CVE-2026-24118)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-24118)

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