Medium severity · published Sep 17, 2026
CVE-2026-92952
vm2 3.11.4 through 3.11.6 Sandbox Symbol Filtering Bypass
6.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
vm2 versions 3.11.4 through 3.11.6 incompletely filter Node.js registered internal symbols across the sandbox boundary. The extraction filters in lib/setup-sandbox.js and the cross-realm symbol checks and write traps in lib/bridge.js use a fixed list of known dangerous registered symbols that omits nodejs.stream.disturbed and nodejs.stream.errored, which are exposed on host WebStream prototypes on newer Node.js releases (validated on Node.js v25.8.0). When the embedder exposes a host WebStream object and the host stream/web module to the sandbox, sandbox code can obtain the real host symbols via Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(streamWeb.ReadableStream.prototype) and use them as write keys on host stream objects, corrupting host-visible stream state — for example making stream.Readable.isDisturbed() return false for an already-consumed stream. This can bypass host logic that relies on Node's public stream-state helpers to enforce one-shot body consumption, reject errored streams, or decide whether a stream is safe to hand to another component. It is not a host code-execution primitive in the reported proof of vulnerability. This is an incomplete fix for the earlier nodejs.* symbol filtering issue. Fixed in vm2 3.11.7.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VM
vm2 · patriksimek
3.11.4 before 3.11.7 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92952
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-92952
github.com
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-jf8q-945g-9q4c
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vm2-3.11.4-through-3.11.6-sandbox-symbol-filtering-bypass
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