CVE-2026-47683
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to 3.11.6, the bufferAllocLimit enforcement in lib/setup-sandbox.js does not cover Buffer.concat(list, totalLength) or Buffer.from(arrayLike) with an attacker-controlled length, allowing sandbox code to perform large synchronous host external-memory allocations that bypass the configured cap and can exhaust the host process. This issue is fixed in version 3.11.6.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.7
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-17 21:16:45.363000
Last modified
2026-10-23 16:10:00.313000
View original CVE JSON
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"id": "CVE-2026-47683",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-08-17T21:16:45.363",
"lastModified": "2026-10-23T16:10:00.313",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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"value": "vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to 3.11.6, the bufferAllocLimit enforcement in lib/setup-sandbox.js does not cover Buffer.concat(list, totalLength) or Buffer.from(arrayLike) with an attacker-controlled length, allowing sandbox code to perform large synchronous host external-memory allocations that bypass the configured cap and can exhaust the host process. This issue is fixed in version 3.11.6."
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"value": "vm2 es una vm/sandbox de código abierto para Node.js. Antes de la versión 3.11.6, la aplicación del límite bufferAllocLimit en lib/setup-sandbox.js no cubre Buffer.concat(list, totalLength) ni Buffer.from(arrayLike) con una longitud controlada por el atacante, lo que permite que el código de la sandbox realice grandes asignaciones síncronas de memoria externa del host que eluden el límite configurado y pueden agotar el proceso del host. Este problema está solucionado en la versión 3.11.6."
}
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"affected": [
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"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
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"vendor": "patriksimek",
"product": "vm2",
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"modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
"valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"url": "https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/3ffb315512e634cf85c447375e85d6c83d00a4bd",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/3.11.6",
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"url": "https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-gmc2-2x9w-cgh9",
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