CVE-2026-44009
criticalvm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js.
Vendor / product: Vm2 Project — vm2
vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to 3.11.2, VM2 suffers from a sandbox breakout vulnerability. This allows attackers to write code which can escape from the VM2 sandbox and execute arbitrary commands on the host system. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.11.2.
CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security-advisories@github.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-05-13 18:16
Modified: 2026-11-04 04:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 22 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-04 04:28 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
vm2_project / vm2 <3.11.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50850 security-advisories@github.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44009 security-advisories@github.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477185 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/c33c2bb19a822847f4e01d8d87b28dd5b2c86b3e security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.2 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-9vg3-4rfj-wgcm security-advisories@github.com
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44009.json security-advisories@github.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50850 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44009 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477185 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-9vg3-4rfj-wgcm 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44009.json 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-04 04:28 UTC · record ↗