CVE-2026-34988

Published: Apr 09, 2026 Last Modified: Apr 15, 2026
ExploitDB:
Other exploit source:
Google Dorks:
LOW 2,3
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: high
Privileges Required: low
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
MEDIUM 6,3
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: high
Privileges Required: low
User Interaction: none
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: none

Description

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Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. From 28.0.0 to before 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1, Wasmtime's implementation of its pooling allocator contains a bug where in certain configurations the contents of linear memory can be leaked from one instance to the next. The implementation of resetting the virtual memory permissions for linear memory used the wrong predicate to determine if resetting was necessary, where the compilation process used a different predicate. This divergence meant that the pooling allocator incorrectly deduced at runtime that resetting virtual memory permissions was not necessary while compile-time determine that virtual memory could be relied upon. The pooling allocator must be in use, Config::memory_guard_size configuration option must be 0, Config::memory_reservation configuration must be less than 4GiB, and pooling allocator must be configured with max_memory_size the same as the memory_reservation value in order to exploit this vulnerability. If all of these conditions are applicable then when a linear memory is reused the VM permissions of the previous iteration are not reset. This means that the compiled code, which is assuming out-of-bounds loads will segfault, will not actually segfault and can read the previous contents of linear memory if it was previously mapped. This represents a data leakage vulnerability between guest WebAssembly instances which breaks WebAssembly's semantics and additionally breaks the sandbox that Wasmtime provides. Wasmtime is not vulnerable to this issue with its default settings, nor with the default settings of the pooling allocator, but embeddings are still allowed to configure these values to cause this vulnerability. This vulnerability is fixed in 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1.

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)

Trend Analysis

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)

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EPSS Score
0,0001
Percentile
0,0th
Updated

EPSS Score Trend (Last 7 Days)

119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Stable
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity Confidentiality Availability
Potential Impacts:
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands Modify Memory Read Memory Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu) Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory)
Applicable Platforms
Languages: Assembly, C, C++, Memory-Unsafe
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Application

Wasmtime by Bytecodealliance

Version Range Affected
From 37.0.0 (inclusive)
To 42.0.2 (exclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
Application

Wasmtime by Bytecodealliance

Version Range Affected
From 28.0.0 (inclusive)
To 36.0.7 (exclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
Application

Wasmtime by Bytecodealliance

cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:43.0.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-6wgr-89rj…