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Vulnerability details: VCID-8he7-t256-1yct
Vulnerability ID VCID-8he7-t256-1yct
Aliases CVE-2026-24781
GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c
Summary vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to version 3.11.0, VM2 suffers from a sandbox breakout vulnerability through the inspect function. This allows attackers to write code which can escape from the VM2 sandbox and execute arbitrary commands on the host system. This issue has been patched in version 3.11.0.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (5)
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure
CWE-653 Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 8.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-24781.json
epss 0.00186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-24781
epss 0.00186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-24781
epss 0.00186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-24781
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/8d30d93213c1898b3e035298b89a814970dd1189
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/8d30d93213c1898b3e035298b89a814970dd1189
ssvc Track* https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/8d30d93213c1898b3e035298b89a814970dd1189
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/bdd3d15e57bc4ec5e70365cd79f7cb0256e5f88c
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/bdd3d15e57bc4ec5e70365cd79f7cb0256e5f88c
ssvc Track* https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/bdd3d15e57bc4ec5e70365cd79f7cb0256e5f88c
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/fd266d084e0a3322d0f71ba2a8dc4c96cd030228
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/fd266d084e0a3322d0f71ba2a8dc4c96cd030228
ssvc Track* https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/fd266d084e0a3322d0f71ba2a8dc4c96cd030228
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0
ssvc Track* https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c
ssvc Track* https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24781
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24781
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-24781.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-24781
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24781
2466531 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466531
8d30d93213c1898b3e035298b89a814970dd1189 https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/8d30d93213c1898b3e035298b89a814970dd1189
bdd3d15e57bc4ec5e70365cd79f7cb0256e5f88c https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/bdd3d15e57bc4ec5e70365cd79f7cb0256e5f88c
fd266d084e0a3322d0f71ba2a8dc4c96cd030228 https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/fd266d084e0a3322d0f71ba2a8dc4c96cd030228
GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c
GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c
v3.11.0 https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-24781.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/8d30d93213c1898b3e035298b89a814970dd1189
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-05-04T17:13:58Z/ Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/8d30d93213c1898b3e035298b89a814970dd1189
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/bdd3d15e57bc4ec5e70365cd79f7cb0256e5f88c
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-05-04T17:13:58Z/ Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/bdd3d15e57bc4ec5e70365cd79f7cb0256e5f88c
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/fd266d084e0a3322d0f71ba2a8dc4c96cd030228
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-05-04T17:13:58Z/ Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/fd266d084e0a3322d0f71ba2a8dc4c96cd030228
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-05-04T17:13:58Z/ Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-05-04T17:13:58Z/ Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-v37h-5mfm-c47c
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24781
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.40243
EPSS Score 0.00186
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T16:52:29.950307+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/24xxx/CVE-2026-24781.json 38.6.0