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CVE-2026-24781

42
FAUCET Score

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.

First published: May 4, 2026Last modified: May 4, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vm2_project:vm2:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0119 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: vm2Fixed in: 3.11.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47ccritical

VM2 Has Sandbox Breakout Through Inspect Function

May 5, 2026

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:26234
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:36754
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2026-24781
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
security.access.redhat.com / data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-24781.json
github.com / patriksimek/vm2/commit/8d30d93213c1898b3e035298b89a814970dd1189
Patch
github.com / patriksimek/vm2/commit/bdd3d15e57bc4ec5e70365cd79f7cb0256e5f88c
Patch
github.com / patriksimek/vm2/commit/fd266d084e0a3322d0f71ba2a8dc4c96cd030228
Patch
github.com / patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0
Release Notes
github.com / patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c
ExploitVendor Advisory