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CVE-2026-44004

vm2: Host Process OOM DoS via Buffer.alloc (Timeout Bypass) PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
patriksimek / vm2affected < 3.11.0

CWE

CWE-770

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

redhat-SADP

A flaw was found in vm2 (before 3.11.0). Sandboxed code can call Buffer.alloc() with arbitrary size to allocate on the host heap synchronously; vm2 timeout cannot interrupt the native C++ call, allowing a single request to exhaust host memory and crash the process. Fixed in 3.11.0.