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

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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

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.07.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck
3.17.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:HVulnCheck

Weaknesses

  • CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

Affected Products

ProductVersions
vm2patriksimek
  • before 3.11.8Affected
  • 3.11.8Not affected

References

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