Vulnerability in Patriksimek Vm2

CVE-2026-92959

vm2 before 3.11.8 does not fully enforce the allowAsync: false option in VM and NodeVM. While localPromise.prototype.then is replaced with a handler that throws 'Async not available', the sandbox's Promise static methods (Promise.resolve, Promise.all, Promise.race, Promise.any, and Promise.allSettled) still assimilate attacker-supplied thenables: native promise resolution performs PromiseResolveThenableJob and invokes the sandboxed code's then method in a microtask without passing through the patched then, so the async restriction is never applied. As a result, sandboxed script can schedule work that runs after VM.run() or NodeVM.run() has returned and outside the configured timeout, continuing to execute after the host believes execution is complete.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-92959?
CVE-2026-92959 is a high-severity vulnerability in Patriksimek Vm2, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-92959?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.