CVE-2026-43998
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
8.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.7%
52.5th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-59
Published 2026-05-13 · modified 2026-09-07
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.
Affected
References
- exploit https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-cp6g-6699-wx9c
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50850
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43998
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477206
- exploit https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-cp6g-6699-wx9c
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-43998.json