Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) Affecting vm2 package, versions >=3.9.6 <3.11.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.32% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-VM2-20043645
  • published22 Sept 2026
  • disclosed17 Sept 2026
  • creditoran-s

Introduced: 17 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-92949  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-471  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vm2 to version 3.11.7 or higher.

Overview

vm2 is a sandbox that can run untrusted code with whitelisted Node's built-in modules.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) in the Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor or __lookupSetter__ process. An attacker can modify properties that were intended to be read-only by directly invoking host object setters, bypassing intended protections.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1