Process Control Affecting vm2 package, versions >=3.11.3 <3.11.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.62% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-VM2-20043657
  • published22 Sept 2026
  • disclosed17 Sept 2026
  • creditforrof

Introduced: 17 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-92939  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-114  (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 Process Control in the crypto.setEngine function. An attacker can execute arbitrary native code in the host process by supplying a path to a malicious native library, which is then loaded and executed with host-process authority. This is only exploitable if the crypto builtin is allowed in the sandbox.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1