vm2 before 3.12.2 Authorization Bypass via Custom Resolver
48Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 9.5epss 0.4%
from disclosure to weapon1 days
Published on NVDSep 27
1st PoC+1d
exploitation probability
0.4%top 68% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
vm2 before 3.12.2 contains an authorization bypass in the NodeVM external-module resolver. When an embedder configures `require.external` with a custom resolver (and `context: 'host'`), `LegacyResolver.customResolve` in lib/resolver-compat.js records the resolved module directory in `this.externals` as `new RegExp('^' + escapeRegExp(resolvedPath))`, without requiring a path separator or end-of-string boundary. Untrusted guest code can therefore require the allowlisted module (e.g. `foo`) and then require the absolute path of a non-allowlisted sibling whose path merely shares the resolved prefix (e.g. `.../node_modules/foo2/index.js`); the sibling passes `isPathAllowedForModule` and is loaded through `hostRequire`, so its top-level code runs in the host process before the exports are wrapped with `vm.readonly`, resulting in a sandbox escape and arbitrary code execution in the host context.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Affected products
patriksimek · vm2public PoCs found — 1
githubgithub.com/murrez/CVE-2026-100721★ 0⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/6ac3916da84e060c403e407b6b6318fcc66b0e72https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/91034466bfb7f56b95fd48083ec6ca36d058f164https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/ab4ee7d803e8c80155e9eb3672226bddbca4aa9chttps://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-5h3f-q97h-ccvchttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vm2-before-3.12.2-authorization-bypass-via-custom-resolver