CVE-2026-47686 PUBLISHED

vm2: Missing Error.cause Sanitization Enables VM2 Sandbox Escape to RCE

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 19.05.2026 Published: 17.08.2026 Updated: 17.08.2026

vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to 3.11.6, handleException() in lib/setup-sandbox.js sanitizes SuppressedError.error, SuppressedError.suppressed, and AggregateError.errors but does not sanitize Error.cause, allowing sandbox code to obtain a powerful host object such as process from an embedder-exposed host function that throws an error with that object as its cause and then execute arbitrary host commands. This issue is fixed in version 3.11.6.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.9

Product Status

Vendor patriksimek
Product vm2
Versions
  • Version < 3.11.6 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure CWE