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CVE-2026-34987
Summary

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.

Publication Date April 10, 2026, 4:16 a.m.
Registration Date April 15, 2026, 11:34 a.m.
Last Update April 15, 2026, 10:41 p.m.
CVSS3.1 : CRITICAL
スコア 9.9
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
攻撃元区分(AV) ネットワーク
攻撃条件の複雑さ(AC)
攻撃に必要な特権レベル(PR)
利用者の関与(UI) 不要
影響の想定範囲(S) 変更あり
機密性への影響(C)
完全性への影響(I)
可用性への影響(A)
Affected software configurations
Configuration1 or higher or less more than less than
cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* 25.0.0 36.0.7
cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* 37.0.0 42.0.2
cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:43.0.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
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