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SCA: security update for vm2 (GHSA-j3hm-6rg5-mchv)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 472968

Description

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

 - vm2 before 3.11.7 contains a remote code execution vulnerability when require.external is enabled without
 an explicit require.root that excludes node_modules. Sandboxed code can require vm2's own package,
 instantiate an unrestricted NodeVM instance, and execute arbitrary host OS commands via child_process.
 (CVE-2026-92946)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3hm-6rg5-mchv

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 472968

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/6/2026

Updated: 10/6/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.31

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-2026-92946

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Threat Score: 9.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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: 10/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-92946

cwe: CWE-913