CVE-2026-43998
Essential information
- Published
- 13/05/2026 18:16
- Modified
- 14/05/2026 15:36
- Author
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- Creator
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- CVSS
- 8.5 HIGH (v3.1)
- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H—
CVSS metrics
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- Attack vector
- NETWORK
- Attack complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges required
- LOW
- User interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality impact
- HIGH
- Integrity impact
- HIGH
- Availability impact
- HIGH
- Exploit code maturity
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- Confidentiality (V)
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- Confidentiality (S)
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- Integrity (V)
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- Integrity (S)
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Description
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.
NVD status
- Status
- Analyzed — CVE is currently being analyzed by NVD staff, this process results in association of reference link tags, CVSS scores, CWE association, and CPE applicability statements.
- Source
- [email protected]
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
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| vm2 project / vm2 | cpe:2.3:a:vm2_project:vm2:3.10.5:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |