# vm2 has sandbox breakout via \`neutralizeArraySpeciesBatch\`

Advisory record · `GHSA-9qj6-qjgg-37qq`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-9qj6-qjgg-37qq` · `CVE-2026-44008`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.8 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-668](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/668.html) · [CWE-1100](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1100.html)
- **Tags:** [Information disclosure](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/info-disclosure.md) · [CWE-1100](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-1100.md)
- **Published:** 8 May 2026
- **Updated:** 4 Nov 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 8 May 2026, 15:58 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected packages

- `vm2` (npm): affected `<3.11.2`; fixed in `3.11.2`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.8 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0089, the 59th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 8 May 2026, 15:58 UTC: [Confirmed by GitHub Advisory Database](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9qj6-qjgg-37qq)
- 13 May 2026, 17:35 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44008)
- 13 May 2026, 18:16 UTC: [Confirmed by NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44008)
- 4 Nov 2026, 03:45 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9qj6-qjgg-37qq)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-9qj6-qjgg-37qq](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9qj6-qjgg-37qq)
- [OSV: GHSA-9qj6-qjgg-37qq](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9qj6-qjgg-37qq)
- <https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-9qj6-qjgg-37qq>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44008>
- <https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/ca195f0178989d6f59eafb7af965806f829e20f7>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50850>
- <https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44008>
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477201>
- <https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2>
- <https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.2>
- <https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44008.json>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-9qj6-qjgg-37qq>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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