Wasmtime Async-Entrypoint Enforcement Bypass
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Wasmtime from 42.0.0 before 48.0.6 and from 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 contains insufficient checks in Store when it mixes async-style and sync-style WebAssembly calls, a case of unintended reentrant invocation (CWE-1265). An attacker with low privileges who can get a user to interact with the affected embedding can cause runtime panics or unsound cross-thread movement of !Send host variables. Embedders that re-enter WebAssembly through sync APIs from asynchronously called host functions are exposed.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
Wasmtime 42.0.0 before 48.0.6 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 contains insufficient checks in Store when mixing async-style and sync-style WebAssembly calls. Embedders re-entering WebAssembly via sync APIs from host functions called asynchronously can trigger runtime panics or unsound cross-thread movement of !Send host variables.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bytecodealliance | wasmtime | 42.0.0 to before 48.0.6; 49.0.0 to before 49.0.3 | 48.0.6, 49.0.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- wasmtime Vendorbytecodealliance Affected 42.0.0 to before 48.0.6; 49.0.0 to before 49.0.3 Fixed in 48.0.6, 49.0.3 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | bytecodealliance |
- cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·bytecodealliance
Remediation
Upgrade Wasmtime to 48.0.6 for the 48 line or to 49.0.3 for the 49 line. Red Hat's plan for Red Hat Connectivity Link 1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 is none available.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
- Fix · CNA wasmtime (bytecodealliance) Fixed in 48.0.6, 49.0.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
bytecodealliance wasmtime 48.0.6, 49.0.3
11 records Highest priority Priority LOW 11 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-82659 Wasmtime realloc reentrancy lets Wasm modules crash the hostPriority LOW 37
- TI-2026-82655 Stack overflow in Wasmtime via type registry lets guests crash hostPriority LOW 37
- TI-2026-82649 Integer overflow in Wasmtime wasi-http lets guests crash the hostPriority LOW 36
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Connectivity Link 1 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-29 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119136
- 2026-10-29 Alias added: GHSA-xp2q-mv29-hr2p
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-31 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More bytecodealliance vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-85541 WAMR fast interpreter loader heap overflow via constant deduplication mismatch CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-16741 An issue in bytecodealliance wasm-micro-runtime before v.b3f728c and fixed in commit… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-22658 An out-of-bound memory read vulnerability was discovered in Bytecode Alliance… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-18300 wasm-micro-runtime (aka WebAssembly Micro Runtime or WAMR) 06df58f is vulnerable to NULL… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-26034 An heap overflow vulnerability was discovered in Bytecode alliance wasm-micro-runtime… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-33969 WebAssembly Micro Runtime's `--addr-pool` option allows all IPv4 addresses when subnet mask is not specified CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-119136 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-119136 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xp2q-mv29-hr2p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-119136 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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