Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting wasmtime package, versions <36.0.16>=37.0.0 <48.0.3>=49.0.0 <49.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-WASMTIME-21708538
  • published25 Oct 2026
  • disclosed22 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-115389  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wasmtime to version 36.0.16, 48.0.3, 49.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the Val API when lifting guest values, which does not properly account for host allocations and allows bypassing the hostcall fuel limit. An attacker can exhaust host memory resources by returning specially crafted values from a malicious WebAssembly guest, leading to service disruption.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1