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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-92959 EUVD-2026-81608GHSA-9538-79j2-h62hGHSA-f8gf-w286-fmq2

vm2 before 3.11.8 allowAsync Bypass via Promise Thenable

Published Sep 17, 2026 · Updated Sep 21, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

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 products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
patriksimek vm2 < 3.11.8 3.11.8

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm vm2 < 3.11.8 3.11.8 GHSA-f8gf-w286-fmq2

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