Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2026-93605 json

vm2 NodeVM before 3.12.1 Remote Code Execution via child_process

published 2026-09-18 52 d ago modified 2026-10-07 32 d ago also EUVD-2026-82900 , GHSA-pq68-rvw4-xp4r

cvss
10.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • npm vm2 3.12.1
  • patriksimek vm2 3.12.1

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-2026-93605 updated cvss 9.8

vm2: vm2 NodeVM before 3.12.1 Remote Code Execution via child_process

  • 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
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
48 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 10.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CNA 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 4.0 10.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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
<3.12.1
3.12.1

Affected products

  • patriksimek vm2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure
  • CWE-913 Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources

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.