CVE-2026-92952

vm2 3.11.4 through 3.11.6 Sandbox Symbol Filtering Bypass

MEDIUM
6.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 01:46 PM UTC
Updated: September 17, 2026 at 04:18 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVM2

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Severity
MEDIUM6.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
PoC

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.11.4 ≤ v < 3.11.73.11.4
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.11.7 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

6.8MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-669

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