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CVE-2026-92939

CRITICAL 9.9

vm2 3.11.3 through 3.11.6 Native Code Execution via crypto.setEngine

CVSS Score
9.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

vm2 3.11.3 through 3.11.6 exposes the host Node.js crypto module to a NodeVM sandbox when the crypto builtin is allowed. The module is presented via a recursive read-only proxy, but its callable exports still execute with host-process authority. Sandboxed JavaScript can therefore call crypto.setEngine() with a filesystem path to an attacker-supplied native library (for example, one bundled in an untrusted plugin package already written to disk); OpenSSL asks the operating-system dynamic loader to load the file, and the library's constructor executes native code in the host process before engine-symbol validation rejects it. Exploitation requires only the crypto builtin and does not require fs, process, module, child_process, worker_threads, vm, or inspector access, resulting in a sandbox escape and arbitrary native code execution. Fixed in 3.11.7.

CWE CWE-114
Vendor patriksimek
Product vm2
Published Sep 17, 2026
Last Updated Sep 17, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

patriksimek / vm2
3.11.3 < 3.11.7

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-46pr-c5wc-xffx vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vm2-3.11.3-through-3.11.6-native-code-execution-via-crypto-setengine

Credits

๐Ÿ” Forrof