diff --git a/src/crypto/crypto_cipher.cc b/src/crypto/crypto_cipher.cc
index a2f4493e1b8ec8..40c091d4ce2d29 100644
--- a/src/crypto/crypto_cipher.cc
+++ b/src/crypto/crypto_cipher.cc
@@ -708,7 +708,10 @@ CipherBase::UpdateResult CipherBase::Update(
     *out = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(env()->isolate(), 0);
   } else if (static_cast<size_t>(buf_len) != (*out)->ByteLength()) {
     std::unique_ptr<BackingStore> old_out = std::move(*out);
-    *out = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(env()->isolate(), buf_len);
+    *out = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(
+        env()->isolate(),
+        buf_len,
+        BackingStoreInitializationMode::kUninitialized);
     memcpy((*out)->Data(), old_out->Data(), buf_len);
   }
 
@@ -804,7 +807,10 @@ bool CipherBase::Final(std::unique_ptr<BackingStore>* out) {
       *out = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(env()->isolate(), 0);
     } else if (static_cast<size_t>(out_len) != (*out)->ByteLength()) {
       std::unique_ptr<BackingStore> old_out = std::move(*out);
-      *out = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(env()->isolate(), out_len);
+      *out = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(
+          env()->isolate(),
+          out_len,
+          BackingStoreInitializationMode::kUninitialized);
       memcpy((*out)->Data(), old_out->Data(), out_len);
     }
 
@@ -880,7 +886,10 @@ bool PublicKeyCipher::Cipher(
   if (buf.size() == 0) {
     *out = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(env->isolate(), 0);
   } else {
-    *out = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(env->isolate(), buf.size());
+    *out = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(
+        env->isolate(),
+        buf.size(),
+        BackingStoreInitializationMode::kUninitialized);
     memcpy((*out)->Data(), buf.get(), buf.size());
   }
 
diff --git a/src/crypto/crypto_sig.cc b/src/crypto/crypto_sig.cc
index 8518bdfd53b2d0..11007fbaeb862f 100644
--- a/src/crypto/crypto_sig.cc
+++ b/src/crypto/crypto_sig.cc
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ std::unique_ptr<BackingStore> Node_SignFinal(Environment* env,
       [[likely]] {
     CHECK_LE(sig_buf.len, sig->ByteLength());
     if (sig_buf.len < sig->ByteLength()) {
-      auto new_sig = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(env->isolate(), sig_buf.len);
+      auto new_sig = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(
+          env->isolate(),
+          sig_buf.len,
+          BackingStoreInitializationMode::kUninitialized);
       if (sig_buf.len > 0) [[likely]] {
         memcpy(new_sig->Data(), sig->Data(), sig_buf.len);
       }
diff --git a/src/node_blob.cc b/src/node_blob.cc
index d887485b9deed8..e8c0795fcaac60 100644
--- a/src/node_blob.cc
+++ b/src/node_blob.cc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ using v8::Array;
 using v8::ArrayBuffer;
 using v8::ArrayBufferView;
 using v8::BackingStore;
+using v8::BackingStoreInitializationMode;
 using v8::Context;
 using v8::Function;
 using v8::FunctionCallbackInfo;
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@ void Concat(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
     }
   }
 
-  std::shared_ptr<BackingStore> store =
-      ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(env->isolate(), total);
+  std::shared_ptr<BackingStore> store = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(
+      env->isolate(), total, BackingStoreInitializationMode::kUninitialized);
   uint8_t* ptr = static_cast<uint8_t*>(store->Data());
   for (size_t n = 0; n < views.size(); n++) {
     uint8_t* from =
@@ -210,8 +211,8 @@ void Blob::New(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
       }
 
       // If the ArrayBuffer is not detachable, we will copy from it instead.
-      std::shared_ptr<BackingStore> store =
-          ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(isolate, byte_length);
+      std::shared_ptr<BackingStore> store = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(
+          isolate, byte_length, BackingStoreInitializationMode::kUninitialized);
       uint8_t* ptr = static_cast<uint8_t*>(buf->Data()) + byte_offset;
       std::copy(ptr, ptr + byte_length, static_cast<uint8_t*>(store->Data()));
       return DataQueue::CreateInMemoryEntryFromBackingStore(
@@ -375,8 +376,10 @@ void Blob::Reader::Pull(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
       size_t total = 0;
       for (size_t n = 0; n < count; n++) total += vecs[n].len;
 
-      std::shared_ptr<BackingStore> store =
-          ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(env->isolate(), total);
+      std::shared_ptr<BackingStore> store = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(
+          env->isolate(),
+          total,
+          BackingStoreInitializationMode::kUninitialized);
       auto ptr = static_cast<uint8_t*>(store->Data());
       for (size_t n = 0; n < count; n++) {
         std::copy(vecs[n].base, vecs[n].base + vecs[n].len, ptr);
diff --git a/src/node_buffer.cc b/src/node_buffer.cc
index 1303cb57f0b7ff..8ec282107e1d99 100644
--- a/src/node_buffer.cc
+++ b/src/node_buffer.cc
@@ -329,7 +329,8 @@ MaybeLocal<Object> New(Isolate* isolate,
     if (actual > 0) [[likely]] {
       if (actual < length) {
         std::unique_ptr<BackingStore> old_store = std::move(store);
-        store = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(isolate, actual);
+        store = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(
+            isolate, actual, BackingStoreInitializationMode::kUninitialized);
         memcpy(store->Data(), old_store->Data(), actual);
       }
       Local<ArrayBuffer> buf = ArrayBuffer::New(isolate, std::move(store));
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ MaybeLocal<Object> Copy(Environment* env, const char* data, size_t length) {
 
   CHECK(bs);
 
-  memcpy(bs->Data(), data, length);
+  if (length > 0) memcpy(bs->Data(), data, length);
 
   Local<ArrayBuffer> ab = ArrayBuffer::New(isolate, std::move(bs));
 
@@ -506,6 +507,17 @@ MaybeLocal<Object> New(Environment* env,
     }
   }
 
+#if defined(V8_ENABLE_SANDBOX)
+  // When v8 sandbox is enabled, external backing stores are not supported
+  // since all arraybuffer allocations are expected to be done by the isolate.
+  // Since this violates the contract of this function, let's free the data and
+  // throw an error.
+  free(data);
+  THROW_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED(
+      env->isolate(),
+      "Wrapping external data is not supported when the v8 sandbox is enabled");
+  return MaybeLocal<Object>();
+#else
   EscapableHandleScope handle_scope(env->isolate());
 
   auto free_callback = [](void* data, size_t length, void* deleter_data) {
@@ -520,6 +532,7 @@ MaybeLocal<Object> New(Environment* env,
   if (Buffer::New(env, ab, 0, length).ToLocal(&obj))
     return handle_scope.Escape(obj);
   return Local<Object>();
+#endif
 }
 
 namespace {
diff --git a/src/node_http2.cc b/src/node_http2.cc
index 4415ea096d0ea0..449ecdba807945 100644
--- a/src/node_http2.cc
+++ b/src/node_http2.cc
@@ -2104,7 +2104,10 @@ void Http2Session::OnStreamRead(ssize_t nread, const uv_buf_t& buf_) {
       [[likely]] {
     // Shrink to the actual amount of used data.
     std::unique_ptr<BackingStore> old_bs = std::move(bs);
-    bs = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(env()->isolate(), nread);
+    bs = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(
+        env()->isolate(),
+        nread,
+        BackingStoreInitializationMode::kUninitialized);
     memcpy(bs->Data(), old_bs->Data(), nread);
   } else {
     // This is a very unlikely case, and should only happen if the ReadStart()
diff --git a/src/node_sqlite.cc b/src/node_sqlite.cc
index 0295ee4ff2f739..a58fc909c89f5b 100644
--- a/src/node_sqlite.cc
+++ b/src/node_sqlite.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace sqlite {
 
 using v8::Array;
 using v8::ArrayBuffer;
+using v8::BackingStoreInitializationMode;
 using v8::BigInt;
 using v8::Boolean;
 using v8::ConstructorBehavior;
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ using v8::Value;
             static_cast<size_t>(sqlite3_##from##_bytes(__VA_ARGS__));          \
         auto data = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(                          \
             sqlite3_##from##_blob(__VA_ARGS__));                               \
-        auto store = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore((isolate), size);            \
+        auto store = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(                             \
+            (isolate), size, BackingStoreInitializationMode::kUninitialized);  \
         memcpy(store->Data(), data, size);                                     \
         auto ab = ArrayBuffer::New((isolate), std::move(store));               \
         (result) = Uint8Array::New(ab, 0, size);                               \
diff --git a/src/quic/streams.cc b/src/quic/streams.cc
index 2e16b49f9bc40c..26ceadbfee0977 100644
--- a/src/quic/streams.cc
+++ b/src/quic/streams.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace node {
 using v8::Array;
 using v8::ArrayBuffer;
 using v8::ArrayBufferView;
+using v8::BackingStoreInitializationMode;
 using v8::BigInt;
 using v8::FunctionCallbackInfo;
 using v8::FunctionTemplate;
@@ -1198,7 +1199,8 @@ void Stream::ReceiveData(const uint8_t* data,
 
   STAT_INCREMENT_N(Stats, bytes_received, len);
   STAT_RECORD_TIMESTAMP(Stats, received_at);
-  auto backing = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(env()->isolate(), len);
+  auto backing = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(
+      env()->isolate(), len, BackingStoreInitializationMode::kUninitialized);
   memcpy(backing->Data(), data, len);
   inbound_->append(DataQueue::CreateInMemoryEntryFromBackingStore(
       std::move(backing), 0, len));
diff --git a/src/stream_base.cc b/src/stream_base.cc
index 0bf2642599ee91..566204e667c8e8 100644
--- a/src/stream_base.cc
+++ b/src/stream_base.cc
@@ -708,7 +708,8 @@ void EmitToJSStreamListener::OnStreamRead(ssize_t nread, const uv_buf_t& buf_) {
   CHECK_LE(static_cast<size_t>(nread), bs->ByteLength());
   if (static_cast<size_t>(nread) != bs->ByteLength()) {
     std::unique_ptr<BackingStore> old_bs = std::move(bs);
-    bs = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(isolate, nread);
+    bs = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(
+        isolate, nread, BackingStoreInitializationMode::kUninitialized);
     memcpy(bs->Data(), old_bs->Data(), nread);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/udp_wrap.cc b/src/udp_wrap.cc
index 7cdb3340855423..e720aa20884181 100644
--- a/src/udp_wrap.cc
+++ b/src/udp_wrap.cc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ using errors::TryCatchScope;
 using v8::Array;
 using v8::ArrayBuffer;
 using v8::BackingStore;
+using v8::BackingStoreInitializationMode;
 using v8::Boolean;
 using v8::Context;
 using v8::DontDelete;
@@ -759,7 +760,8 @@ void UDPWrap::OnRecv(ssize_t nread,
   } else if (static_cast<size_t>(nread) != bs->ByteLength()) {
     CHECK_LE(static_cast<size_t>(nread), bs->ByteLength());
     std::unique_ptr<BackingStore> old_bs = std::move(bs);
-    bs = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(isolate, nread);
+    bs = ArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(
+        isolate, nread, BackingStoreInitializationMode::kUninitialized);
     memcpy(bs->Data(), old_bs->Data(), nread);
   }