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vm2: Host Promise rejection from an exposed constructor can terminate the vm2 host process

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## Summary An untrusted script run by `VM.run` can construct an embedder-exposed host function that returns a rejected native Promise and ignore the result. The sandbox-to-host `construct` trap forwards that Promise without applying the host-side rejection handling already used by the neighboring `apply` trap, so Node's strict unhandled-rejection policy terminates the host process. ## Technical Details The precondition is an application-supplied constructable host function in the VM sandbox whose constructor body returns a native rejected Promise. In JavaScript, an object explicitly returned by a constructor replaces the newly allocated instance, so `new HostReject()` produces that Promise. `VM.run` executes the attacker-controlled source. For an ordinary host-function call, `BaseHandler.apply` invokes the host function, calls `markHostPromiseHandled(ret)`, and then wraps the result. The adjacent `BaseHandler.construct` path instead calls `Reflect.construct` and returns `thisFromOtherWithFactory(...)` without calling the same sanitizer. The rejected host Promise therefore crosses the bridge still unhandled. With Node's strict unhandled-rejection behavior, the rejection is promoted to an uncaught exception and kills the host process. The shortest path is `VM.run` → the sandbox bridge → `BaseHandler.construct`. The control changes only the guest expression: it attaches `.catch(function () {})` to the constructed Promise before ignoring it. The host function, VM configuration, r

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GHSA-2v2p-6j97-cjg9

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Security context

Source reference: osv:GHSA-2v2p-6j97-cjg9

vm2

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
3.12.2

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        "type": "SEMVER",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "0"
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            "fixed": "3.12.2"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "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-2v2p-6j97-cjg9/GHSA-2v2p-6j97-cjg9.json",
      "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 3.12.1"
    }
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-100722

Source reference: /aliases

Publisher severity

high

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