GHSA-wqg3-r97q-73xm
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wqg3-r97q-73xm
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-wqg3-r97q-73xm/GHSA-wqg3-r97q-73xm.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-wqg3-r97q-73xm
- Withdrawn
- 2026-10-01T15:41:04Z
- Published
- 2026-09-17T15:32:15Z
- Modified
- 2026-10-01T16:00:04Z
- Severity
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- 9.9 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- 9.4 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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 builtin allowlist bypass via node:test.run() execArgv allows sandbox escape
- Details
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Duplicate Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-qhwx-74w5-xhxq. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
vm2 versions >= 3.9.6 and <= 3.11.6 are affected by a NodeVM builtin allowlist bypass that permits a sandbox escape on Node.js 24 and newer when the embedder explicitly allows the node:test builtin (e.g. require: { builtin: ['node:test'] }). On Node.js 24+, module.builtinModules exposes the scheme-only key node:test, which is not covered by vm2's family-based DANGEROUS_BUILTINS protection, so it is stored in the generic host-passthrough loader. Because requireImpl() in lib/setup-node-sandbox.js strips a single 'node:' prefix before the builtin lookup, sandbox code calling require('node:node:test') resolves to the stored node:test key and receives a readonly proxy to the host module. Calls to node:test.run() are forwarded to the host implementation, which spawns a separate Node process for process-isolated test execution and passes through attacker-controlled execArgv values; supplying --eval= therefore executes arbitrary JavaScript in an unrestricted host Node process outside the NodeVM sandbox. Fixed in vm2 3.11.7.
- Database specific
{ "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-693" ], "github_reviewed": true, "github_reviewed_at": "2026-10-01T15:41:04Z", "nvd_published_at": "2026-09-17T14:18:00Z", "severity": "CRITICAL" }- References
Affected packages
npm / vm2
Package
- Name
- vm2
- View open source insights on deps.dev
- Purl
- pkg:npm/vm2