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CVE-2026-44004

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2026-05-13 Modified: 2026-08-06

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.

Affected Platforms

Vm2 Project Vm2

Weakness Type

CWE-770, CWE-1285

References