Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting vm2 package, versions <3.11.8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.76% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-VM2-20043653
  • published22 Sept 2026
  • disclosed17 Sept 2026
  • creditJace, maru1009

Introduced: 17 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-92934  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-693  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vm2 to version 3.11.8 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 Protection Mechanism Failure through the handleException process. An attacker can execute arbitrary code and disclose process information by exploiting a cycle detection bypass that allows access to unsanitized host proxies embedded in the errors array when revisited host-wrapped AggregateError objects are caught within a single exception handler traversal.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1