What is GHSA-9hxx-m5g2-2q3h?

GHSA-9hxx-m5g2-2q3h is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. vm2 NodeVM versions before 3.12.1 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability where the...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-9hxx-m5g2-2q3h cover?

GHSA-9hxx-m5g2-2q3h covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-93605. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-9hxx-m5g2-2q3h?

GHSA-9hxx-m5g2-2q3h has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-9hxx-m5g2-2q3hCriticalCVSS 10.0

vm2 NodeVM versions before 3.12.1 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability where the...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 18, 2026

Last Modified

September 18, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-93605 →

📋 Description

vm2 NodeVM versions before 3.12.1 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability where the DANGEROUS_BUILTINS denylist omits child_process despite blocking other host-spawning modules. Attackers can require child_process and execute arbitrary commands on the host system when NodeVM is configured with builtin:['*'] or explicit child_process allowance.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-pq68-rvw4-xp4r
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93605
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vm2-nodevm-before-3.12.1-remote-code-execution-via-child-process
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9hxx-m5g2-2q3h