Use After Free Affecting wasmtime package, versions >=47.0.0 <48.0.4>=49.0.0 <49.0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-WASMTIME-21708461
  • published25 Oct 2026
  • disclosed22 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-115379  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wasmtime to version 48.0.4, 49.0.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the try_call process. An attacker can cause heap corruption or incorrect execution by supplying specially crafted Wasm modules that trigger garbage collection during execution, leaving stale or dangling references.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1