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SCA: security update for vm2 (GHSA-qhwx-74w5-xhxq)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 455116

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - vm2 versions >= 3.9.6 and <= 3.11.6 are affected by a NodeVM builtin allowlist bypass that permits a
 sandbox escape on Node.js 24 and newer when the embedder explicitly allows the node:test builtin (e.g.
 require: { builtin: ['node:test'] }). On Node.js 24+, module.builtinModules exposes the scheme-only key
 node:test, which is not covered by vm2's family-based DANGEROUS_BUILTINS protection, so it is stored in
 the generic host-passthrough loader. Because requireImpl() in lib/setup-node-sandbox.js strips a single
 'node:' prefix before the builtin lookup, sandbox code calling require('node:node:test') resolves to the
 stored node:test key and receives a readonly proxy to the host module. Calls to node:test.run() are
 forwarded to the host implementation, which spawns a separate Node process for process-isolated test
 execution and passes through attacker-controlled execArgv values; supplying --eval=<JavaScript> therefore
 executes arbitrary JavaScript in an unrestricted host Node process outside the NodeVM sandbox. Fixed in
 vm2 3.11.7. (CVE-2026-92948)

Solution

Update the vm2 library and its related packages to version 3.11.7 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qhwx-74w5-xhxq

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 455116

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.31

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-2026-92948

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.4

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-92948

cwe: CWE-693