CVE-2026-24120: VM2 Has Sandbox Breakout Through Promise Species

May 5, 2026

The fix for https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-cchq-frgv-rjh5 is insufficient and can be circumvented allowing attackers to write code which can escape from the VM2 sandbox and execute arbitrary commands on the host system.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-qvjj-29qf-hp7p
github.com/patriksimek/vm2
github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.10.5
github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-cchq-frgv-rjh5
github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-qvjj-29qf-hp7p
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24120

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