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Advisory record · GHSA-8hg8-63c5-gwmx

vm2 NodeVM `nesting: true` bypasses `require: false` allowing sandbox escape and arbitrary OS command execution

CVSS 9.1 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.010 · 63rd percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 9.1: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 7 May 2026, 05:13 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
vm2npm<3.11.13.11.1
Identifiers
GHSA-8hg8-63c5-gwmx · CVE-2026-44007
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-284 · CWE-693 · CWE-1100
Tags
Published
7 May 2026
Updated
4 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.1 Critical 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.010, the 63rd percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 7 May 2026, 05:13 UTC Confirmed by GitHub Advisory Database
  2. 13 May 2026, 17:33 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
  3. 13 May 2026, 18:16 UTC Confirmed by NVD
  4. 4 Nov 2026, 03:45 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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