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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-44004 EUVD-2026-30074GHSA-6785-pvv7-mvg7

vm2: Host Process OOM DoS via Buffer.alloc (Timeout Bypass)

Published May 13, 2026 · Updated Sep 7, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to 3.11.0, sandboxed code can call Buffer.alloc() with an arbitrary size to allocate memory directly on the host heap. Because Buffer.alloc is a synchronous C++ native call, vm2's timeout option cannot interrupt it. A single request can exhaust host memory and crash the process with a FATAL ERROR: Reached heap limit. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.11.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
patriksimek vm2 < 3.11.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm vm2 < 3.11.0 3.11.0 GHSA-6785-pvv7-mvg7

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