09 May, 2026

Critical vm2 sandbox bug lets attackers execute code on hosts

A critical vulnerability in the popular Node.js sandboxing library vm2 allows escaping the sandbox and executing arbitrary code on the host system. The security issue is tracked as CVE-2026-26956 and has been confirmed to impact vm2 version 3.10.4, although earlier releases may also be vulnerable. Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been published. In the security […]

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