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exploit · Thu 01 Oct 2026 · 15:29 UTC

GHSA-6w8r-xxw2-g3hx: vm2 allows a sandboxed plugin to execute native code through `node:sqlite`

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vm2 3.11.6 exposes Node.js's host node:sqlite module to NodeVM code when that builtin is allowed explicitly or through builtin: ['*']. The module is wrapped as read-only, but callable methods retain host-process authority. A sandboxed plugin can construct an in-memory database with extension loading enabled and call DatabaseSync.loadExtension() on a native library bundled in the plugin directory. SQLite loads the library into the Node.js host process and invokes its native extension entry point. …

Signals

as the pipeline stamped them
High
Critical vulnerability — CVSS 9.9
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