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.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2026-44007)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
465089	Echo: vm2: security update to 3.11.0+echo.1	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	critical
465089	Echo: vm2: security update to 3.11.0+echo.1	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	critical
441460	SCA: security update for vm2 (GHSA-8hg8-63c5-gwmx)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	critical
441460	SCA: security update for vm2 (GHSA-8hg8-63c5-gwmx)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	critical

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CVE-2026-44007

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