CVE-2026-92959
highvm2 before 3.11.8 does not fully enforce the allowAsync: false option in VM and NodeVM.
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-f8gf-w286-fmq2 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vm2-before-3.11.8-allowasync-bypass-via-promise-thena... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-f8gf-w286-fmq2 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
