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Vulnerability details: VCID-kjca-h5yw-cudv
Vulnerability ID VCID-kjca-h5yw-cudv
Aliases CVE-2026-24118
GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p
Summary vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to version 3.11.0, VM2 suffers from a sandbox breakout vulnerability. 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-749 Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
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 9.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-24118.json
epss 0.00176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-24118
epss 0.00176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-24118
epss 0.00176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-24118
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p
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/2b5f3e3a060d9088f5e1cdd585d683d491f990a3
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/2b5f3e3a060d9088f5e1cdd585d683d491f990a3
ssvc Track* https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/2b5f3e3a060d9088f5e1cdd585d683d491f990a3
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f9b700b1c7d9ef2df416666cb24e0b659140cc74
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f9b700b1c7d9ef2df416666cb24e0b659140cc74
ssvc Track* https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f9b700b1c7d9ef2df416666cb24e0b659140cc74
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-grj5-jjm8-h35p
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p
ssvc Track* https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24118
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24118
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-24118.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-24118
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24118
2466502 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466502
2b5f3e3a060d9088f5e1cdd585d683d491f990a3 https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/2b5f3e3a060d9088f5e1cdd585d683d491f990a3
f9b700b1c7d9ef2df416666cb24e0b659140cc74 https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f9b700b1c7d9ef2df416666cb24e0b659140cc74
GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p
GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p
v3.11.0 https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.0
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-24118.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/2b5f3e3a060d9088f5e1cdd585d683d491f990a3
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-05-04T18:24:17Z/ Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/2b5f3e3a060d9088f5e1cdd585d683d491f990a3
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/f9b700b1c7d9ef2df416666cb24e0b659140cc74
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-05-04T18:24:17Z/ Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/f9b700b1c7d9ef2df416666cb24e0b659140cc74
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/2026-05-04T18:24:17Z/ 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-grj5-jjm8-h35p
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-05-04T18:24:17Z/ Found at https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-grj5-jjm8-h35p
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-2026-24118
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.38968
EPSS Score 0.00176
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T16:52:35.406087+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/24xxx/CVE-2026-24118.json 38.6.0