vm2 before 3.12.2 does not apply its Buffer backing-store ownership invariant (byteOffset === 0 and buffer.byteLength === length) to Buffers returned from host builtin modules. When an application explicitly exposes Node's zlib module through NodeVM's builtin allowlist (require: { builtin: ['zlib'] }), zlib.deflateSync can return a Buffer backed by Node's shared small-buffer pool whose .buffer is the entire pool. Untrusted guest code can construct a full-width view of that ArrayBuffer (Buffer.from(result.buffer, 0, result.buffer.byteLength)) to read and modify bytes belonging to unrelated host buffers, disclosing and corrupting host-realm memory across the sandbox boundary.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vm2-before-3.12.2-memory-disclosure-via-zlib-buffer-pool
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-489w-w794-jq94
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/5214b02ef13b82497fcb917b45320dfd014ffd09
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/4f2508abeb252aa86eb6761c78b3b000248fb089
Published: 2026-09-27
Updated: 2026-10-01
Base Score: 9.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00316