CVE-2026-24118

vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to version 3.11.0, VM2 suffers from a sandbox breakout vulnerability. 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.

CVSS 3.1

9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 59% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-26)

CWEs

CWE-94, CWE-693, CWE-749

Published

2026-05-04

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

Affected

• vm2_project:vm2

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/2b5f3e3a060d9088f5e1cdd585d683d491f990a3
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f9b700b1c7d9ef2df416666cb24e0b659140cc74
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0
• https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24118

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