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SCA: security update for vm2 (GHSA-947f-4v7f-x2v8)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441462

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. Prior to 3.11.0, NodeVM's builtin allowlist can be bypassed
 when the module builtin is allowed (including via the '*' wildcard). The module builtin exposes Node's
 Module._load(), which loads any module by name directly in the host context, completely bypassing vm2's
 builtin restriction. This allows sandboxed code to load excluded builtins like child_process and achieve
 remote code execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.11.0. (CVE-2026-43999)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-947f-4v7f-x2v8

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 441462

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/7/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-43999

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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-2026-43999

cwe: CWE-863