CVE-2026-24120CWE-693CWE-94

vm2: Sandbox Breakout Through Promise Species

Critical · published May 4, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
59.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to version 3.10.5, the fix for CVE-2023-37466 is insufficient and can be circumvented allowing 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 3.10.5.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00896 · 59.2th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure; CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2026-05-04T16:31Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 MAY 16:31Z
    vm2: Sandbox Breakout Through Promise Species
    cvelistv5