Critical isolated-vm Flaw Lets Untrusted JavaScript Escape Sandbox and Hijack Host Execution
Mon Aug 24 2026
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A critical security flaw in the popular Node.js sandboxing library isolated-vm could allow untrusted JavaScript to escape its V8 sandbox and potentially hijack execution in the host process. The issue, tracked as GHSA-864f-rcv7-6rh4 and awaiting a CVE identifier, affects isolated-vm versions earlier than 7.0.1 and 6.2.0. The maintainers released fixes on August 8, 2026. The […]
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