CVE-2026-24781
critical · 9.8vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to version 3.11.0, VM2 suffers from a sandbox breakout vulnerability through the inspect function. 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.
9.8
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
66th
EPSS percentile
2026-05-04
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-94CWE-693CWE-653
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| vm2_project | vm2 | < 3.11.0 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/8d30d93213c1898b3e035298b89a814970dd1189
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/bdd3d15e57bc4ec5e70365cd79f7cb0256e5f88c
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/fd266d084e0a3322d0f71ba2a8dc4c96cd030228
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26234
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36754
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24781
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466531
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-24781.json
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-24781