VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-44004

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-13
Last modified2026-10-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • security-advisories@github.com: CWE-770
  • 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c: CWE-1285

Primary references