Ladybird - Web-Reachable Code Execution via Dangling FunctionType Reference in WebAssembly ESM Integration
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Ladybird before commit 2f9dc7e contains a dangling-reference memory-safety flaw in its WebAssembly ESM-integration module loader. When a JavaScript function is imported into a WebAssembly module via the ESM path, WebAssemblyModule.cpp passes a stack-local Wasm::FunctionType by reference to create_host_function, whose host callback captures and later reads that reference; once the ESM link-loop iteration ends the FunctionType is destroyed, leaving the callback with a dangling reference (the normal instantiate path uses a long-lived reference and is not affected). Stale result-type data lets the host callback return an empty result vector for a statically non-empty result, so the destination register retains an attacker-influenced value that is then consumed by the WASM-GC array.set handler, which bit-casts the reference low bits to an ArrayInstance pointer after only a null check, yielding an arbitrary write. A web page can chain this into code execution in the WebContent process. Verified reachable from HTML content without any instrumentation or source modification.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
No affected products listed by the sources yet.
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-58592
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vm9p-mx69-hf3f
References
More LadybirdBrowser vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-83371 Use-after-free in Ladybird FinalizationRegistry cleanup CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-83370 Missing origin-clean checks in Ladybird CSSStyleSheet CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-58592 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-58592 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vm9p-mx69-hf3f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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