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CVE-2026-34941: bytecodealliance wasmtime · Out-of-bounds Read

Affects bytecodealliance wasmtimeSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium · fixed in 44.0.1 : update bytecodealliance wasmtime when convenient.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 31% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 44.0.1, 42.0.2, 36.0.7 +1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 9 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade wasmtime to 44.0.1, 42.0.2, 36.0.7 or 24.0.7; bytecodealliance/wasmtime to 24.0.7.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
bytecodealliancewasmtimeAffected
  • >=43.0.0 <44.0.1
Fixed in
  • 44.0.1
bytecodealliancewasmtimeAffected
  • >=37.0.0 <42.0.2
Fixed in
  • 42.0.2
bytecodealliancewasmtimeAffected
  • >=25.0.0 <36.0.7
Fixed in
  • 36.0.7
bytecodealliancewasmtimeAffected
  • <24.0.7
Fixed in
  • 24.0.7
crates.iobytecodealliance/wasmtimepkg:cargo/bytecodealliance/wasmtimeOther threatsAffected
  • <24.0.7
Fixed in
  • 24.0.7

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AI-suggested

Fixed versions 24.0.7, 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1 address this vulnerability. Since no explicit vendor advisory or patch links are provided, users should upgrade to these or later versions to remediate the issue. Default Wasmtime configurations with guard pages mitigate the risk of memory disclosure by causing a segfault instead. Users should verify their Wasmtime configuration and apply updates accordingly.

Description

Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. Prior to 24.0.7, 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1, Wasmtime contains a vulnerability where when transcoding a UTF-16 string to the latin1+utf16 component-model encoding it would incorrectly validate the byte length of the input string when performing a bounds check. Specifically the number of code units were checked instead of the byte length, which is twice the size of the code units. This vulnerability can cause the host to read beyond the end of a WebAssembly's linear memory in an attempt to transcode nonexistent bytes. In Wasmtime's default configuration this will read unmapped memory on a guard page, terminating the process with a segfault. Wasmtime can be configured, however, without guard pages which would mean that host memory beyond the end of linear memory may be read and interpreted as UTF-16. A host segfault is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wasmtime, and possibly being able to read beyond the end of linear memory is additionally a vulnerability. Note that reading beyond the end of linear memory requires nonstandard configuration of Wasmtime, specifically with guard pages disabled. This vulnerability is fixed in 24.0.7, 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1.

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