VYPR
High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Sep 17, 2026· Updated Sep 21, 2026

CVE-2026-92959

CVE-2026-92959

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.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
vm2npm
< 3.11.83.11.8

Affected products

1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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News mentions

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