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SCA: security update for vm2 (GHSA-vwrp-x96c-mhwq)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441436

Description

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. From 3.9.6 to 3.10.5, vm2's bridge exposes mutable proxies
 for real host-realm intrinsic prototypes and then forwards sandbox writes into the underlying host objects
 with otherReflectSet() and otherReflectDefineProperty(), which lets attacker-controlled JavaScript running
 in a default VM or inherited NodeVM mutate shared host Object.prototype, Array.prototype, and
 Function.prototype from inside the sandbox This vulnerability is fixed in 3.11.0. (CVE-2026-44005)

Solution

Update the vm2 library and its related packages to version 3.11.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwrp-x96c-mhwq

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 441436

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/7/2026

Updated: 6/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.8

Percentile: 96.94

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44005

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44005