CVE•Published 2026-05-04•Modified 2026-05-08•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-26956Vm2_project · Vm2

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 74% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-693Protection Mechanism Failure

Description

vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. In version 3.10.4, vm2 is vulnerable to full sandbox escape with arbitrary code execution. Attacker code inside VM.run() obtains host process object and runs host commands with zero host cooperation. This issue has been patched in version 3.10.5.

Timeline

Published 2026-05-04

Modified 2026-05-08

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-26956

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Vm2 Project Vm2"

All exposed Vm2 Project Vm2 instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Vm2"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Vm2" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-26956