high8.7
CVE-2026-47683
vm2's bufferAllocLimit cap bypassed by Buffer.concat and Buffer.from arrayLike
Impact
vm2 is an open source vm/sandbox for Node.js. Prior to 3.11.6, the bufferAllocLimit enforcement in lib/setup-sandbox.js does not cover Buffer.concat(list, totalLength) or Buffer.from(arrayLike) with an attacker-controlled length, allowing sandbox code to perform large synchronous host external-memory allocations that bypass the configured cap and can exhaust the host process. This issue is fixed in version 3.11.6.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | vm2 | <= 3.11.5 | 3.11.6 |