Description
Wasmtime before 36.0.20, 37.0.0 before 48.0.8, 49.0.0 before 49.0.5, and 50.0.0 before 50.0.1 allocates untracked host memory when a component receives a borrow of a resource it defines itself, bypassing the per-store handle limit. A malicious guest component can repeatedly transfer such borrowed resources to consume arbitrary host memory, causing denial of service.
Published: 2026-11-13
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Wasmtime before 36.0.20, 37.0.0 before 48.0.8, 49.0.0 before 49.0.5, and 50.0.0 before 50.0.1 allocates untracked host memory when a component receives a borrow of a resource it defines itself, bypassing the per-store handle limit. A malicious guest component can repeatedly transfer such borrowed resources to consume arbitrary host memory, causing denial of service.
Title Wasmtime before 36.0.20 Denial of Service via Borrowed Resource Transfer
First Time appeared Bytecodealliance
Bytecodealliance wasmtime
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Bytecodealliance
Bytecodealliance wasmtime
References
Metrics 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'}


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Bytecodealliance Wasmtime
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-13T09:35:43.638Z

Reserved: 2026-11-10T21:32:21.765Z

Link: CVE-2026-126407

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