Description
Wasmtime 47.0.0 before 48.0.4 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.2 contains an improper validation vulnerability that accepts components whose core modules import WebAssembly tags with a subtype of the original type. Malicious guests can mis-type exception object payloads to corrupt the GC heap, causing Wasmtime to panic when the exceptions proposal is enabled.
Published: 2026-10-22
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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History

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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Description Wasmtime 47.0.0 before 48.0.4 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.2 contains an improper validation vulnerability that accepts components whose core modules import WebAssembly tags with a subtype of the original type. Malicious guests can mis-type exception object payloads to corrupt the GC heap, causing Wasmtime to panic when the exceptions proposal is enabled.
Title Wasmtime 47.0.0 before 48.0.4 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.2 GC Heap Corruption via Tag Imports
First Time appeared Bytecodealliance
Bytecodealliance wasmtime
Weaknesses CWE-1287
CWE-843
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Bytecodealliance
Bytecodealliance wasmtime
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Subscriptions

Bytecodealliance Wasmtime
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T19:13:50.687Z

Reserved: 2026-10-22T11:25:27.610Z

Link: CVE-2026-115383

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-22T19:17:45.387

Modified: 2026-10-22T19:17:45.500

Link: CVE-2026-115383

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-22T19:13:50Z

Links: CVE-2026-115383 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-1287

    Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input

  • CWE-843

    Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')