CVE detail
CVE-2026-26956
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.
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Buzz score components · mention 19.5 · diversity 18.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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6 source links · newest first
Thirteen critical vulnerabilities have been found in the vm2 JavaScript sandbox package that could allow an attacker’s code to escape the container and do nasty things to IT environments. As a result, developers using this library in their applications are urged to update the software to the latest version, which is currently 3.11.2. The warnings […]
newswww.csoonline.comMay 8, 2026, 12:13 AM- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-26956.jsonsecurity.access.redhat.com
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Vendor Advisorysecurity.access.redhat.comMay 4, 2026, 5:16 PM - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466548bugzilla.redhat.com
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Exploitbugzilla.redhat.comMay 4, 2026, 5:16 PM - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26956access.redhat.com
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Vendor Advisoryaccess.redhat.comMay 4, 2026, 5:16 PM No excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comMay 4, 2026, 5:16 PMNo excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comMay 4, 2026, 5:16 PM
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