CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-43998

8.5 HIGH Published 2026-05-13 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2026-05-13
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c)
8.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. In 3.10.5, NodeVM's require.root path restriction can be bypassed using filesystem symlinks, allowing sandboxed code to load modules from outside the allowed root directory in host context. Because path validation uses path.resolve() (which does not dereference symlinks) but module loading uses Node's native require() (which does), an attacker can load arbitrary host-realm modules and achieve remote code execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.11.0.

Affected configurations

• vm2 project vm2 3.10.5

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References