vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js.
CVE-2026-44007
vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to 3.11.1, when a NodeVM is created with nesting: true, sandbox code can unconditionally require('vm2') regardless of the outer VM's require configuration — including require: false. With access to vm2, the sandbox constructs a new inner NodeVM with its own unrestricted require settings and executes arbitrary OS commands on the host. Any application that runs untrusted code inside a NodeVM with nesting: true is fully compromised. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.11.1.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 9.9 (v3.1)
- Severity
- Critical
- EPSS
- 0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 13 May 2026
- Last updated
- 4 November 2026
- Affected
- patriksimek · vm2
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
At the source
References
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-8hg8-63c5-gwmx
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/46cbbdde4e19b743974c942278080231004146ca
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50850
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44007
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477198
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.1
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44007.json
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/05/11
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