Answer in brief
CVE-2026-92939 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.9) vulnerability in vm2 3.11.3 through 3.11.6 Native Code Execution via crypto.setEngine. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps patriksimek/vm2 (generic), vm2 (npm), vm2 (npm). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 9.9. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps patriksimek/vm2 (generic), vm2 (npm), vm2 (npm). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| patriksimek/vm2generic | >=3.11.3 <3.11.7 | 3.11.7 |
| vm2npm | >=3.11.3,<=3.11.6 | 3.11.7 |
| vm2npm | >=3.11.3 <3.11.7 | 3.11.7 |
Published upstream
Sep 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 1, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 17, 2026
vm2 3.11.3 through 3.11.6 exposes the host Node.js crypto module to a NodeVM sandbox when the crypto builtin is allowed. The module is presented via a recursive read-only proxy, but its callable exports still execute with host-process authority. Sandboxed JavaScript can therefore call crypto.setEngine() with a filesystem path to an attacker-supplied native library (for example, one bundled in an untrusted plugin package already written to disk); OpenSSL asks the operating-system dynamic loader to load the file, and the library's constructor executes native code in the host process before engine-symbol validation rejects it. Exploitation requires only the crypto builtin and does not require fs, process, module, child_process, worker_threads, vm, or inspector access, resulting in a sandbox escape and arbitrary native code execution. Fixed in 3.11.7.
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