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Critical vm2 sandbox escape vulnerability flagged in Node.js

Original: 🚨 EUVD-2026-81593 📊 Score: 9.3/10 (CVSS v3.1) 📦 Product: vm2 🏢 Vendor: patriksimek 📅 Updated: 2026-10-01 📝 vm2 sandbox e

A high-severity vulnerability, EUVD-2026-81593, has been catalogued affecting vm2, the JavaScript sandbox library maintained by Patrik Simek. The flaw scores 9.3 out of 10 on CVSS v3.1 and allows a sandbox escape on Node.js 26 via a stale PromiseThenLookupChain protector. Security teams using vm2 to isolate untrusted code are being urged to review the advisory and assess exposure.

Why now: A 9.3-score sandbox escape in a widely used isolation library is highly relevant to developers running untrusted JavaScript.

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• 🚨 EUVD-2026-81593 📊 Score: 9.3/10 (CVSS v3.1) 📦 Product: vm2 🏢 Vendor: patriksimek 📅 Updated: 2026-10-01 📝 vm2 sandbox escape on Node.js 26 through a stale PromiseThenLookupChain protector 🔗 https:// euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerabi lity/EUVD-2026-81593 # cybersecurity # infosec… · EUVD_Bot

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