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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-23449

CVE-2021-23449

Description

This affects the package vm2 before 3.9.4 via a Prototype Pollution attack vector, which can lead to execution of arbitrary code on the host machine.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
vm2npm	< 3.9.4	3.9.4

Affected products

2

ghsa-coords
pkg:npm/vm2
Range: < 3.9.4
Patriksimek/Vm2v5
Range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

8

github.com/patriksimek/vm2/commit/b4f6e2bd2c4a1ef52fc4483d8e35f28bc4481886nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-VM2-1585918nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rjf2-j2r6-q8grghsaADVISORY
github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/363nvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
github.com/patriksimek/vm2/releases/tag/3.9.4nvdRelease NotesThird Party AdvisoryWEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23449ghsaADVISORY
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0010/nvdThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0010ghsaWEB

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