CVE-2026-26956 (GCVE-0-2026-26956)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-04 16:37 – Updated: 2026-05-04 16:37
VLAI?
Title
vm2: WASM Sandbox Escape (Node 25 only)
Summary
vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. In version 3.10.4, vm2 is vulnerable to full sandbox escape with arbitrary code execution. Attacker code inside VM.run() obtains host process object and runs host commands with zero host cooperation. This issue has been patched in version 3.10.5.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| patriksimek | vm2 |
Affected:
= 3.10.4
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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