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CVE-2026-35195

MEDIUM

Wasmtime has out-of-bounds write or crash when transcoding component model strings

Published April 9, 2026Updated April 22, 2026Source: osv

Summary

### Impact Wasmtime's implementation of transcoding strings between components contains a bug where the return value of a guest component's `realloc` is not validated before the host attempts to write through the pointer. This enables a guest to cause the host to write arbitrary transcoded string bytes to an arbitrary location up to 4GiB away from the base of linear memory. These writes on the host could hit unmapped memory or could corrupt host data structures depending on Wasmtime's configuration. Wasmtime by default reserves 4GiB of virtual memory for a guest's linear memory meaning that this bug will by default on hosts cause the host to hit unmapped memory and abort the process due to an unhandled fault. Wasmtime can be configured, however, to reserve less memory for a guest and to remove all guard pages, so some configurations of Wasmtime may lead to corruption of data outside of a guest's linear memory, such as host data structures or other guests's linear memories. ### Patches Wasmtime 24.0.7, 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1 have been issued to fix this bug. Users are recommended to update to these patched versions of Wasmtime. ### Workarounds There is no known workaround for this issue and affected hosts/embeddings are recommended to upgrade.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Cargo
Update wasmtime to 36.0.7 or later
cargo update -p wasmtime --precise 36.0.7
Cargo
Update wasmtime to 42.0.2 or later
cargo update -p wasmtime --precise 42.0.2
Cargo
Update wasmtime to 43.0.1 or later
cargo update -p wasmtime --precise 43.0.1
Cargo
Update wasmtime to 24.0.7 or later
cargo update -p wasmtime --precise 24.0.7

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (4)

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
wasmtime
crates.io
All versions36.0.7
wasmtime
crates.io
All versions42.0.2
wasmtime
crates.io
43.0.043.0.1
wasmtime
crates.io
All versions24.0.7

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-787
    Out-of-bounds WriteMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 7.2 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-35195?
Wasmtime has out-of-bounds write or crash when transcoding component model strings This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of MEDIUM (CVSS score: 7.2/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2026-35195?
CVE-2026-35195 affects wasmtime. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2026-35195 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
7.2

High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.

Also Known As

GHSA-394w-hwhg-8vgm
RUSTSEC-2026-0091

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