vm2: NodeVM require.root bypass via symlink traversal allows sandbox escape
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.5epss 0.7%
exploitation probability
0.7%top 49% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
patriksimek · vm2References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50850https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43998https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477206https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-cp6g-6699-wx9chttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-43998.json