Wasmtime: WASI hard links bypass wasmtime-wasi's FilePerms for destination (bytecodealliance wasmtime)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. Prior to 24.0.11, 36.0.12, 45.0.3, and 46.0.1, wasmtime-wasi hard-link creation and renaming check directory permissions but not matching FilePerms on source and destination preopens, allowing a WASI guest with a read-only source file capability to overwrite host files exposed as FilePerms::READ through wasip1, wasip2, or wasip3 filesystem interfaces. This issue is fixed in versions 24.0.11, 36.0.12, 45.0.3, and 46.0.1.
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-4ch3-9j33-3pmj
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/5ddfd5f1ef28f2041fa07d237ad0336e167b0e0c
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/7db94cdcf0c79cb3dfde884b534b653f2dd83367
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/8a250aac0962ca1364b5f16525720e9d0b39edcd
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/d3ceb56ec35f39e02496eeb4e2d9c7f4fb964d9e
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v24.0.11
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v36.0.12
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v45.0.3
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v46.0.1
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-42393
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-58494
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| bytecodealliance · wasmtime | affected < 24.0.11 ; affected >= 25.0.0, < 36.0.12 ; affected >= 37.0.0, < 45.0.3 ; affected >= 46.0.0, < 46.0.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |