Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference Affecting vm2 package, versions <3.11.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.54% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-VM2-20043655
  • published22 Sept 2026
  • disclosed17 Sept 2026
  • creditXlabAI, Keenan, liangjs

Introduced: 17 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-92951  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-706  (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 Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference via the allowlist process. An attacker can execute unauthorized code in the host context by requiring a package whose name contains a substring of an allowlisted package, thereby bypassing intended restrictions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1