Critical remote code execution in vm2, a widely used Node.js sandbox library

GitLab's Threat Research Group found a critical sandbox escape vulnerability in vm2, one of the most widely adopted Node.js sandboxing libraries. The vulnerability uses a configuration copied straight from vm2's own README. We found the flaw, rated CVSS 3.1: 10.0, critical, using our own AI automated tools. Anyone running vm2 Version 3.11.6 or earlier with require.external turned on should treat this as directly exploitable. Once we found the vulnerability, we verif