UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following Affecting wasmtime package, versions <24.0.13>=25.0.0 <36.0.14>=37.0.0 <46.0.3>=47.0.0 <47.0.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-WASMTIME-21708534
  • published25 Oct 2026
  • disclosed22 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-115392  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-61  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wasmtime to version 24.0.13, 36.0.14, 46.0.3, 47.0.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following via the cap-std process when handling symlinks with trailing slashes on macOS and Linux systems lacking openat2. An attacker can access or modify files outside the intended sandbox by creating or exploiting symlinks with trailing slashes, potentially leading to unauthorized file read or write operations.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1