Critical 9.8Published May 4, 2026

CVE-2026-24781vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:30 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

vm2 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.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94, CWE-693, CWE-653
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jul 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

vm2_project vm2 vm2_project:vm2	before 3.11.0	NVD

References

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/8d30d93213c1898b3e035298b89a814970dd1189patch
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/bdd3d15e57bc4ec5e70365cd79f7cb0256e5f88cpatch
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/fd266d084e0a3322d0f71ba2a8dc4c96cd030228patch
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0release-notes
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47cexploit, vendor-advisory
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

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