CVE-2026-92958 PUBLISHED

vm2 before 3.11.7 Denylist Bypass via fs/promises

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 17.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

vm2 through 3.11.6 contains a builtin-module denylist bypass in NodeVM. When the embedder uses the builtin wildcard together with negative entries (e.g. require: { builtin: ['*', '-fs', '-child_process'] }), negative entries are matched by exact module name in lib/builtin.js, so -fs removes only the builtin named fs and does not remove builtin subpaths such as fs/promises. Sandboxed code can therefore call require('fs/promises') or require('node:fs/promises') and reach the promise-based filesystem API despite fs being denied; node: prefix handling is likewise inconsistent (a -node:fs/promises entry does not block require('fs/promises')). Host file creation and writing were confirmed via fsp.writeFile(), and other fs/promises operations (cp, mkdir, rename, rm, rmdir, truncate, read operations, etc.) are also reachable. This issue is fixed in vm2 3.11.7.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L
CVSS Score: 8.4

Product Status

Vendor patriksimek
Product vm2
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 3.11.7 (excl.)
  • Version 3.11.7 is unaffected

Credits

  • nasaa0x reporter
  • rexpository reporter
  • sangnigege reporter
  • manus-use reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Privilege Management CWE