CVE-2026-115381

medium

Description

Wasmtime before 36.0.17, 37.0.0 before 48.0.4, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.2 contains an unbounded memory allocation in the wasmtime-wasi WASIp2 write-zeroes method of SinkOutputStream, the default stream used when stdout/stderr are not configured. A malicious WebAssembly guest can request huge zero-filled writes, exhausting host memory and causing denial of service.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wasmtime-before-36.0.17-37.0.0-before-48.0.4-and-49.0.0-before-49.0.2-unbounded-host-memory-allocation-via-sinkoutputstream-write-zeroes

https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-gqmc-89g8-p25r

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-22

Updated: 2026-10-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base 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

Severity: Medium