FKIE_CVE-2026-58494

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-08 21:16 - Updated: 2026-07-09 15:16
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/5ddfd5f1ef28f2041fa07d237ad0336e167b0e0c
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/7db94cdcf0c79cb3dfde884b534b653f2dd83367
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/8a250aac0962ca1364b5f16525720e9d0b39edcd
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/d3ceb56ec35f39e02496eeb4e2d9c7f4fb964d9e
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v24.0.11
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v36.0.12
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v45.0.3
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v46.0.1
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-4ch3-9j33-3pmj
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "wasmtime",
          "vendor": "bytecodealliance",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003c 24.0.11"
            },
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              "version": "\u003e= 25.0.0, \u003c 36.0.12"
            },
            {
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              "version": "\u003e= 37.0.0, \u003c 45.0.3"
            },
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            }
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      "value": "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."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-58494",
  "lastModified": "2026-07-09T15:16:39.467",
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          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 6.5,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N",
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