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🛡️ GHSA-2cm2-m3w5-gp2f — vm2

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-693 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

vm2 has access to VM2_INTERNAL_STATE_DO_NOT_USE_OR_PROGRAM_WILL_FAIL

Summary

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-wp5r-2gw5-m7q7 is not fully patched.

Details

It is still possible to get access to VM2_INTERNAL_STATE_DO_NOT_USE_OR_PROGRAM_WILL_FAIL.

PoC

```js

const {VM} = require("vm2");

const vm = new VM();

console.log(vm.run(`

globalThis['VM2_INTERNAL_STATE_DO_NOT_USE_OR_PROGRAM_WILL_FAIL']

`));

```

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

GHSA-2cm2-m3w5-gp2f is classified as CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure. A protection exists but does not cover the case at hand, so it can be worked around.

Affected software

GHSA-2cm2-m3w5-gp2f is recorded against 1 package.

  • vm2

Timeline and source

Published on 8 May 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

vm2 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure) in other software:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-693
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-05-08
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-05-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
vm2 — —

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