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SCA: security update for vm2 (GHSA-47x8-96vw-5wg6)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441465

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, it is possible to obtain the host Object.
 There are various ways to use the host Object, to escape the sandbox, one example would be using
 HostObject.getOwnPropertySymbols to obtain Symbol(nodejs.util.inspect.custom). This vulnerability is fixed
 in 3.11.0. (CVE-2026-43997)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-47x8-96vw-5wg6

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 441465

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/7/2026

Updated: 6/16/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-43997

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2026-43997

cwe: CWE-94