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SCA: security update for vm2 (GHSA-gmc2-2x9w-cgh9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446008

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, the bufferAllocLimit enforcement in
 lib/setup-sandbox.js does not cover Buffer.concat(list, totalLength) or Buffer.from(arrayLike) with an
 attacker-controlled length, allowing sandbox code to perform large synchronous host external-memory
 allocations that bypass the configured cap and can exhaust the host process. This issue is fixed in
 version 3.11.6. (CVE-2026-47683)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gmc2-2x9w-cgh9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 446008

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: 4.8

Percentile: 57.8

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-47683

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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-2026-47683

cwe: CWE-770