GHSA-29x6-9qh5-83gg

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-29x6-9qh5-83gg

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-29x6-9qh5-83gg/GHSA-29x6-9qh5-83gg.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-29x6-9qh5-83gg

Withdrawn

2026-10-05T22:34:43Z

Published

2026-09-17T15:32:15Z

Modified

2026-10-05T22:45:05Z

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
10.0 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator

Summary

Duplicate Advisory: NodeVM `require.external` without an explicit `require.root` grants unrestricted host filesystem access and full RCE

Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-j3hm-6rg5-mchv. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

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.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-913"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-10-05T22:34:43Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-09-17T14:17:59Z",
    "severity":  "CRITICAL"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / vm2

Package

Name: vm2; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/vm2

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Last Affected

3.11.6

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-29x6-9qh5-83gg/GHSA-29x6-9qh5-83gg.json"