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SCA: security update for vm2 (GHSA-8hg8-63c5-gwmx)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441460

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 3.11.1, when a NodeVM is created with nesting:
 true, sandbox code can unconditionally require('vm2') regardless of the outer VM's require configuration —
 including require: false. With access to vm2, the sandbox constructs a new inner NodeVM with its own
 unrestricted require settings and executes arbitrary OS commands on the host. Any application that runs
 untrusted code inside a NodeVM with nesting: true is fully compromised. This vulnerability is fixed in
 3.11.1. (CVE-2026-44007)

Solution

Update the vm2 library and its related packages to version 3.11.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8hg8-63c5-gwmx

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 441460

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/7/2026

Updated: 6/30/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.27

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44007

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-2026-44007