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critical vulnerability

vm2 has sandbox breakout via `neutralizeArraySpeciesBatch`

Published May 8, 2026 · updated Nov 4, 2026

What to do

  1. Upgrade to a fixed version: vm2 3.11.2.
  2. Redeploy and restart long-running processes so they load the fixed code.

Affected packages

vm2

<= 3.11.1
3.11.2

Check your project: npm ls vm2 --all

Is vm2@3.11.2 safe to install? See the upgrade verdict →

Sources

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