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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.9

CVE-2026-92938 json

vm2 3.11.3 through 3.11.6 Remote Code Execution via node:sqlite

published 2026-09-17 53 d ago modified 2026-10-01 39 d ago also EUVD-2026-81588 , GHSA-6w8r-xxw2-g3hx

cvss
9.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

vm2 versions 3.11.3 through 3.11.6 expose Node.js's host node:sqlite module to code running in NodeVM when that builtin is permitted, either explicitly or through builtin: ['*']. The module is wrapped with vm.readonly(), which prevents property assignment but leaves host-authority callables reachable; in addition, the resolver treats any request starting with 'node:' as a core-module request and the runtime strips only one 'node:' prefix, so a sandbox request for 'node:node:sqlite' resolves to the configured node:sqlite entry. Sandboxed code can therefore create an in-memory DatabaseSync with extension loading enabled and call DatabaseSync.loadExtension() on a native library bundled in the untrusted plugin package (path derived from __dirname). SQLite loads the library into the Node.js host process and invokes its native entry point, giving the sandboxed plugin arbitrary native code execution outside the sandbox with the host process's privileges. The issue is fixed in vm2 3.11.7.

Patch / fix

  • npm vm2 3.11.7
  • patriksimek vm2 3.11.7

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-92938 updated cvss 9.9

vm2: vm2 3.11.3 through 3.11.6 Remote Code Execution via node:sqlite

  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 ansible-automation-platform/automation-portal 1791295379
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:80603
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2 ansible-automation-platform/automation-portal 1791293780, ansible-automation-platform/bootc-automation-portal-rhel9 1791865660
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:80644
  • Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9 rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9 1793117813
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:91651
  • Red Hat Developer Hub 1.10 rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9 1791311495, rhdh/red-hat-developer-hub-backstage-plugin-lightspeed-backend 1791242697, rhdh/red-hat-developer-hub-backstage-plugin-orchestrator-backend 1791251282
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:76788
  • Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9 rhdh/rhdh-rhel9-operator 1793117972, rhdh/rhdh-operator-bundle 1793126835 Red Hat Developer Hub 1.10 rhdh/rhdh-rhel9-operator 1791219676, rhdh/rhdh-operator-bundle 1791315788, rhdh/rhdh-must-gather-rhel9 1788278523, rhdh/rhdh-rag-content-rhel9 1791168570, rhdh/red-hat-developer-hub-backstage-plugin-lightspeed 1791242743, rhdh/red-hat-developer-hub-backstage-plugin-orchestrator 1791250003, +3 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
51 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-6w8r-xxw2-g3hx referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 9.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CNA 3.1 9.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 4.0 9.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm vm2
>=3.11.3, <3.11.7
3.11.7

Affected products

  • patriksimek vm2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.