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SCA: security update for vm2 (GHSA-m283-3h24-438v)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446007

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 3.11.6, handleException() in lib/setup-sandbox.js
 sanitizes SuppressedError.error, SuppressedError.suppressed, and AggregateError.errors but does not
 sanitize Error.cause, allowing sandbox code to obtain a powerful host object such as process from an
 embedder-exposed host function that throws an error with that object as its cause and then execute
 arbitrary host commands. This issue is fixed in version 3.11.6. (CVE-2026-47686)

Solution

Update the vm2 library and its related packages to version 3.11.6 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m283-3h24-438v

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 446007

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/17/2026

Updated: 8/18/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.77

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-47686

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.6

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-47686

cwe: CWE-693