CVE-2026-43997

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43997
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43997.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-43997
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2026-05-13T17:17:54.869Z
Modified
2026-07-08T08:05:14.457989701Z
Severity
  • 10.0 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
vm2: Sandbox Escape
Details

vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to 3.11.0, it is possible to obtain the host Object. There are various ways to use the host Object, to escape the sandbox, one example would be using HostObject.getOwnPropertySymbols to obtain Symbol(nodejs.util.inspect.custom). This vulnerability is fixed in 3.11.0.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43997.json",
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-94"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/patriksimek/vm2

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
fca270df73b64a88e2f9ce71ac17663b6eaf814e
Database specific 
{
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "CPE_RANGE"
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vm2_project:vm2:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "3.11.0"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

3.*
3.9.10
3.9.11
3.9.12
3.9.13
3.9.14
3.9.15
3.9.16
3.9.17
3.9.18
3.9.19
3.9.3
3.9.4
3.9.5
3.9.6
3.9.7
3.9.8
3.9.9
v3.*
v3.10.0
v3.10.1
v3.10.2
v3.10.3
v3.10.4
v3.10.5
v3.9.0
v3.9.1
v3.9.2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43997.json"