PT-2026-36848 · Npm · Vm2

Xmiliah · Published 2026-05-04 · Updated 2026-05-18 · CVE-2026-24781

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions vm2 versions prior to 3.11.0

Description vm2 is an open source sandbox for Node.js. A sandbox breakout occurs through the inspect() function, allowing attackers to write code that escapes the sandbox environment and executes arbitrary commands on the host system.

Recommendations Update to version 3.11.0. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the inspect() function until the update is applied.

Fix

Code Injection

Protection Mechanism Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

CWE-693

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-24781

GHSA-V37H-5MFM-C47C

Affected Products

Vm2

References · 16

• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/8d30d93213c1898b3e035298b89a814970dd1189 · Patch
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/bdd3d15e57bc4ec5e70365cd79f7cb0256e5f88c · Patch
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/fd266d084e0a3322d0f71ba2a8dc4c96cd030228 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24781 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2026-24781 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2 · Note
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0 · Note
• https://twitter.com/infoflowcloud/status/2051362909003944102 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2051361293085409391 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/integ_sec/status/2055623044681408590 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/lyrie_ai/status/2053642631133979131 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/lyrie_ai/status/2053642631897354504 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/162542 · Telegram Post