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Stack overflow in Wasmtime via type registry lets guests crash host

Priority LOW 37CWE-674Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-674.

Summary

Wasmtime 42.0.0 before 48.0.6 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 contains a stack overflow (CWE-674, Uncontrolled Recursion) in its type registry. A guest can define a long chain of recursive types, so removing the top-level type triggers unbounded recursive drops that exhaust the host stack. A guest can therefore crash the host. CVSS 4.0 rates the issue 6.9 (MEDIUM).

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30

Description from the CNA

Wasmtime 42.0.0 before 48.0.6 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 contains a stack overflow vulnerability that allows guests to crash the host through recursive type drops. Guests can define a long chain of recursive types so that removing the top-level type triggers unbounded recursive drops, exhausting the host stack.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00399 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial wasmtime (bytecodealliance): 48.0.6, 49.0.3Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
bytecodealliancewasmtime42.0.0 to before 48.0.6; 49.0.0 to before 49.0.348.0.6, 49.0.3Patch availableCNA
  • 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.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——bytecodealliance
  • cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·bytecodealliance

Remediation

Upgrade Wasmtime to 48.0.6 or 49.0.3, depending on the release line in use.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30

  • 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-2026-82649 Integer overflow in Wasmtime wasi-http lets guests crash the hostPriority LOW 36
    • TI-2026-82661 Panic in Wasmtime lets guest code crash WASIp3 embeddersPriority LOW 26

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Connectivity Link 1AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-29 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119137
  2. 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-10-29 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-10-29 Alias added: GHSA-42v6-vp8p-fcjx
  5. 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  6. 2026-10-30 CVSS score added · Red Hat

References

  • 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
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