Sandbox escape in vm2 via Buffer prototype/property lookup abuse
CVE-2026-47131 is a sandbox escape vulnerability in the vm2 Node.js sandbox library affecting versions prior to 3.11.4. The issue arises from abuse of prototype/property lookup behavior against native Buffer objects by combining Buffer.call.call({}.lookupGetter, Buffer, "proto"), Buffer.call.call({}.lookupSetter, Buffer, "proto"), and Node.js's ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE error path. This sequence allows attacker-controlled code running inside the vm2 sandbox to obtain the host environment's TypeError constructor. Access to the host constructor breaks the sandbox boundary and enables execution of arbitrary code outside the intended isolation context.
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