CVE-2026-92954

vm2 3.10.0 through 3.11.5 Denial of Service via Host Promise

Published: Sep 17, 2026Updated: Sep 21, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-248

8.6HIGH

Description

vm2 is a sandbox library for running untrusted JavaScript in Node.js. In versions >= 3.10.0 and <= 3.11.7, Promises returned from the host realm into the sandbox are not marked as handled at the bridge boundary; only Promises created inside the sandbox are wrapped with a rejection-swallowing handler (lib/setup-sandbox.js), and the bridge only installs host-side rejection sanitizers when sandbox code calls .then/.catch/.finally. As a result, code running in the sandbox can invoke a host function that returns a rejected Promise (for example events.once() exposed via the NodeVM events builtin, or any embedder-provided Promise-returning API) and simply ignore the return value, leaving the host Promise unhandled so that Node.js's default unhandled-rejection behavior terminates the host process. This is an incomplete fix of GHSA-hw58-p9xv-2mjh. The issue is fixed in version 3.11.8.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:CScope

Changed

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-248

Affected Products

patriksimek

oss-project

vm2Library

OSS Libraries / npm

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

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References

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-gjq8-xm47-88rc

github.com

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vm2-3.10.0-through-3.11.5-denial-of-service-via-host-promise

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