What is CVE-2026-24120?

CVE-2026-24120 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Patriksimek Vm2, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-05-04.

How severe is CVE-2026-24120?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Patriksimek Vm2

CVE-2026-24120

vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to version 3.10.5, the fix for CVE-2023-37466 is insufficient and can be circumvented allowing attackers to write code which can escape from the VM2 sandbox and execute arbitrary commands…

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.001 (30.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Patriksimek Vm2 — versions < 3.10.5
Vm2_project Vm2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.10.5 (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-qvjj-29qf-hp7p (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-24120?: CVE-2026-24120 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Patriksimek Vm2, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-05-04.
How severe is CVE-2026-24120?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.