CVE-2026-44004 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 04.05.2026 Published: 13.05.2026 Updated: 13.05.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor patriksimek
Product vm2
Versions
  • Version < 3.11.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE