CVE-2026-47686CWE-693

CVE-2026-47686

Critical · published August 18, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
47.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to 3.11.6, handleException() in lib/setup-sandbox.js sanitizes SuppressedError.error, SuppressedError.suppressed, and AggregateError.errors but does not sanitize Error.cause, allowing sandbox code to obtain a powerful host object such as process from an embedder-exposed host function that throws an error with that object as its cause and then execute arbitrary host commands. This issue is fixed in version 3.11.6.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.9 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00581 · 47.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
Published
2026-08-18T01:16Z
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 AUG 20:54Z
    vm2: Missing Error.cause Sanitization Enables VM2 Sandbox Escape to RCE
    cvelistv5