CVE-2026-24118 (GCVE-0-2026-24118)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-04 16:28
Modified
2026-05-04 18:24
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
patriksimek vm2 Version: < 3.11.0
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