GHSA-5843-9mh5-hhgw
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5843-9mh5-hhgw
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-5843-9mh5-hhgw/GHSA-5843-9mh5-hhgw.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-5843-9mh5-hhgw
- Withdrawn
- 2026-10-01T15:38:02Z
- Published
- 2026-09-17T15:32:14Z
- Modified
- 2026-10-01T15:45:06Z
- Severity
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- 10.0 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L 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:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/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: vm2 exposes host HTTPS credentials and TLS traffic through globalAgent
- Details
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Duplicate Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-h85j-hv3c-qfgq. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
vm2 versions 3.11.3 through 3.11.6 expose the host process's real https.globalAgent to sandboxed code when a NodeVM is explicitly configured to allow require('https'). The builtin loader wraps host modules in a read-only proxy, but method calls such as Agent.prototype.on() are forwarded to the underlying host object, so sandbox code can register a listener for the agent's 'free' event. When an unrelated host HTTPS request releases a pooled connection, the listener receives the live host request options and the host TLSSocket, allowing sandboxed code to read the host's Authorization header and private destination host/port, attach a data listener to the released socket and read subsequent host response bodies in plaintext, and issue attacker-chosen authenticated requests using the stolen credentials. The issue is fixed in 3.11.7.
- Database specific
{ "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-668" ], "github_reviewed": true, "github_reviewed_at": "2026-10-01T15:38:02Z", "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