The JavaScript sandbox vm2 for Node.js was actually discontinued. Now an update closes a critical security vulnerability.

Sandbox escape vulnerability in vm2, used by nearly 900 NPM packages, allows attackers to bypass security protections and ...

A critical vm2 Node.js vulnerability (CVE-2026-22709, CVSS 9.8) allows sandbox escape via Promise handler bypass.

Several security vulnerabilities, some classified as high-risk, have been discovered in the popular JavaScript runtime environment Node.js. Updated versions, announced in mid-December, have now been ...

Microsoft has pumped out 26 new short videos on YouTube offering beginners a path to learn about Node.js, the server-side JavaScript runtime environment for building ...

Redmonk’s annual programming language rankings – based on GitHub and StackOverflow traffic – were recently released and to no one’s surprise, JavaScript was ranked as the most popular programming ...

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In the history of computing, 1995 was a crazy time. First Java appeared, then close on its heels came JavaScript. The names made them seem like conjoined twins newly detached, but they couldn’t be ...

Online payment service PayPal says swapping Java for node.js on its servers is allowing it to serve web pages more rapidly and simplifying the creation of server-side software. PayPal has moved from ...