CVE-2026-92959
vm2 before 3.11.8 allowAsync Bypass via Promise Thenable
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.1 High
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 21, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 17, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 7.1 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
vm2patriksimek |
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References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-f8gf-w286-fmq2)vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: vm2 before 3.11.8 allowAsync Bypass via Promise Thenablethird-party-advisory
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