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SCA: security update for vm2 (GHSA-rp36-8xq3-r6c4)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 442463

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 version 3.11.4, NodeVM blocks several dangerous
 Node.js builtins such as module, worker_threads, cluster, vm, repl, and inspector. However, the denylist
 misses process and inspector/promises. Both can be used from sandboxed code to reach host-side execution
 primitives. This allows sandboxed code to bypass the intended builtin restrictions and execute code in the
 host process. This issue has been patched in version 3.11.4. (CVE-2026-47140)

Solution

Update the vm2 library and its related packages to version 3.11.4 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rp36-8xq3-r6c4

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 442463

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/29/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.35

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-47140

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-47140

cwe: CWE-693