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Protection Mechanism Failure

CVE-2026-26956

Severity High
Score 9.8/10

Summary

vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. In version 3.10.4, vm2 is vulnerable to full sandbox escape with arbitrary code execution. Attacker code inside "VM.run()" obtains host process object and runs host commands with zero host cooperation. This issue has been patched in version 3.10.5.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure

The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published