vm2 before 3.12.2 does not apply its Buffer backing-store ownership invariant (byteOffset === 0 and buffer.byteLength === length) to Buffers returned from host builtin modules. When an application explicitly exposes Node's zlib module through NodeVM's builtin allowlist (require: { builtin: ['zlib'] }), zlib.deflateSync can return a Buffer backed by Node's shared small-buffer pool whose .buffer is the entire pool. Untrusted guest code can construct a full-width view of that ArrayBuffer (Buffer.from(result.buffer, 0, result.buffer.byteLength)) to read and modify bytes belonging to unrelated host buffers, disclosing and corrupting host-realm memory across the sandbox boundary.
History

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-653
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Sun, 27 Sep 2026 05:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Patriksimek
Patriksimek vm2
Vendors & Products Patriksimek
Patriksimek vm2

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000

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Description vm2 before 3.12.2 does not apply its Buffer backing-store ownership invariant (byteOffset === 0 and buffer.byteLength === length) to Buffers returned from host builtin modules. When an application explicitly exposes Node's zlib module through NodeVM's builtin allowlist (require: { builtin: ['zlib'] }), zlib.deflateSync can return a Buffer backed by Node's shared small-buffer pool whose .buffer is the entire pool. Untrusted guest code can construct a full-width view of that ArrayBuffer (Buffer.from(result.buffer, 0, result.buffer.byteLength)) to read and modify bytes belonging to unrelated host buffers, disclosing and corrupting host-realm memory across the sandbox boundary.
Title vm2 before 3.12.2 Memory Disclosure via zlib Buffer Pool
Weaknesses CWE-200
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-09-27T01:28:30.027Z

Updated: 2026-10-01T18:04:57.414Z

Reserved: 2026-09-26T02:40:56.226Z

Link: CVE-2026-100723

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T18:04:12.914Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-27T02:17:19.373

Modified: 2026-10-01T19:17:16.563

Link: CVE-2026-100723

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-27T01:28:30Z

Links: CVE-2026-100723 - Bugzilla