vm2: Host Process OOM DoS via Buffer.alloc (Timeout Bypass)
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.5epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 65% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
patriksimek · vm2References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50850https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44004https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477195https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-6785-pvv7-mvg7https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44004.json