Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. From 25.0.0 to before 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1, Wasmtime with its Winch (baseline) non-default compiler backend may allow properly constructed guest Wasm to access host memory outside of its linear-memory sandbox. This vulnerability requires use of the Winch compiler (-Ccompiler=winch). By default, Wasmtime uses its Cranelift backend, not Winch. With Winch, the same incorrect assumption is present in theory on both aarch64 and x86-64. The aarch64 case has an observed-working proof of concept, while the x86-64 case is theoretical and may not be reachable in practice. This Winch compiler bug can allow the Wasm guest to access memory before or after the linear-memory region, independently of whether pre- or post-guard regions are configured. The accessible range in the initial bug proof-of-concept is up to 32KiB before the start of memory, or ~4GiB after the start of memory, independently of the size of pre- or post-guard regions or the use of explicit or guard-region-based bounds checking. However, the underlying bug assumes a 32-bit memory offset stored in a 64-bit register has its upper bits cleared when it may not, and so closely related variants of the initial proof-of-concept may be able to access truly arbitrary memory in-process. This could result in a host process segmentation fault (DoS), an arbitrary data leak from the host process, or with a write, potentially an arbitrary RCE. This vulnerability is fixed in 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1.
References
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| https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-xx5w-cvp6-jv83 | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
15 Apr 2026, 13:41
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.9 |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:43.0.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
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| First Time |
Bytecodealliance
Bytecodealliance wasmtime |
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| References | () https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-xx5w-cvp6-jv83 - Vendor Advisory |
09 Apr 2026, 19:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-04-09 19:16
Updated : 2026-04-15 13:41
NVD link : CVE-2026-34987
Mitre link : CVE-2026-34987
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-34987
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Products Affected
bytecodealliance
- wasmtime
