CVE-2025-15411: WebAssembly wabt · Memory Corruption
Affects WebAssembly wabtSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 10% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:PExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 1 Jan 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
GitHubwebassembly/wabtpkg:github/webassembly/wabtOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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AI-suggested
To mitigate CVE-2025-15411, organizations should first restrict local access to systems running wabt, ensuring only trusted users have execution privileges. Employ strict user account controls and monitor for unusual local activity that could indicate exploitation attempts. Alternatively, evaluate replacing wabt with other actively maintained WebAssembly tooling that does not exhibit this flaw. Incorporate runtime protections such as memory safety tools, sandboxing, or containerization to limit the impact of potential memory corruption. Regularly review and update local privilege management policies to minimize the risk of privilege escalation. For development environments, isolate wasm-decompile usage to dedicated, secured machines. Finally, contribute to or support the wabt project to encourage maintenance and timely vulnerability resolution.
Description
A weakness has been identified in WebAssembly wabt up to 1.0.39. This vulnerability affects the function wabt::AST::InsertNode of the file /src/repro/wabt/bin/wasm-decompile of the component wasm-decompile. This manipulation causes memory corruption. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. Unfortunately, the project has no active maintainer at the moment. In a reply to the issue report somebody recommended to the researcher to provide a PR himself.