CVE-2026-47208: vm2 is Vulnerable to Sandbox Breakout Through Promise Species

May 29, 2026

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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-76w7-j9cq-rx2j
github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/a462655009669c3124ee39498121651597529ea8
github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.4
github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-76w7-j9cq-rx2j
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47208

Code Behaviors & Features

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