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GHSA-F984-PCP8-V2P7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-10 15:32 – Updated: 2026-04-10 15:32

Summary

Wasmtime has improperly masked return value from `table.grow` with Winch compiler backend

Details

Impact

Wasmtime's Winch compiler backend contains a bug where translating the table.grow operator causes the result to be incorrectly typed. For 32-bit tables this means that the result of the operator, internally in Winch, is tagged as a 64-bit value instead of a 32-bit value. This invalid internal representation of Winch's compiler state compounds into further issues depending on how the value is consumed.

One example can be seen when the result of table.grow is used as the address of a load operation. The load operation is tricked into thinking the address is a 64-bit value, not a 32-bit value, which means that the final address to load from is calculated incorrectly. This can lead to a situation where the bytes before the start of linear memory can be loaded/stored to.

The primary consequence of this bug is that bytes in the host's address space can be stored/read from. This is only applicable to the 16 bytes before linear memory, however, as the only significant return value of table.grow that can be misinterpreted is -1. The bytes before linear memory are, by default, unmapped memory. Wasmtime will detect this fault and abort the process, however, because wasm should not be able to access these bytes.

Overall this this bug in Winch represents a DoS vector by crashing the host process, a correctness issue within Winch, and a possible leak of up to 16-bytes before linear memory. Wasmtime's default compiler is Cranelift, not Winch, and Wasmtime's default settings are to place guard pages before linear memory. This means that Wasmtime's default configuration is not affected by this issue, and when explicitly choosing Winch Wasmtime's otherwise default configuration leads to a DoS. Disabling guard pages before linear memory is required to possibly leak up to 16-bytes of host data.

Patches

Wasmtime 43.0.1, 42.0.2, and 36.0.7 have been released with fixes for this issue.

Workaround

There are no workarounds within the Winch compiler backend while using the affected versions. Users of Wasmtime are encouraged either to upgrade to patched versions or, if that is not possible, use the Cranelift compiler backend.

Severity ?

6.1 (Medium)


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

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
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      },
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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-09T19:16:25Z",
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  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nWasmtime\u0027s Winch compiler backend contains a bug where translating the `table.grow` operator causes the result to be incorrectly typed. For 32-bit tables this means that the result of the operator, internally in Winch, is tagged as a 64-bit value instead of a 32-bit value. This invalid internal representation of Winch\u0027s compiler state compounds into further issues depending on how the value is consumed.\n\nOne example can be seen when the result of `table.grow` is used as the address of a load operation. The load operation is tricked into thinking the address is a 64-bit value, not a 32-bit value, which means that the final address to load from is calculated incorrectly. This can lead to a situation where the bytes before the start of linear memory can be loaded/stored to.\n\nThe primary consequence of this bug is that bytes in the host\u0027s address space can be stored/read from. This is only applicable to the 16 bytes before linear memory, however, as the only significant return value of `table.grow` that can be misinterpreted is -1. The bytes before linear memory are, by default, unmapped memory. Wasmtime will detect this fault and abort the process, however, because wasm should not be able to access these bytes.\n\nOverall this this bug in Winch represents a DoS vector by crashing the host process, a correctness issue within Winch, and a possible leak of up to 16-bytes before linear memory. Wasmtime\u0027s default compiler is Cranelift, not Winch, and Wasmtime\u0027s default settings are to place guard pages before linear memory. This means that Wasmtime\u0027s default configuration is not affected by this issue, and when explicitly choosing Winch Wasmtime\u0027s otherwise default configuration leads to a DoS. Disabling guard pages before linear memory is required to possibly leak up to 16-bytes of host data.\n\n### Patches\n\nWasmtime 43.0.1, 42.0.2, and 36.0.7 have been released with fixes for this issue.\n\n### Workaround\n\nThere are no workarounds within the Winch compiler backend while using the affected versions. Users of Wasmtime are encouraged either to upgrade to patched versions or, if that is not possible, use the Cranelift compiler backend.",
  "id": "GHSA-f984-pcp8-v2p7",
  "modified": "2026-04-10T15:32:49Z",
  "published": "2026-04-10T15:32:49Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-f984-pcp8-v2p7"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35186"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime"
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Wasmtime has improperly masked return value from `table.grow` with Winch compiler backend"
}

rustsec-2026-0094

Vulnerability from osv_rustsec

Published

2026-04-09 12:00

Modified

2026-04-09 19:59

Summary

Improperly masked return value from `table.grow` with Winch compiler backend

Details

This is an entry in the RustSec database for the Wasmtime security advisory located at https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-f984-pcp8-v2p7 For more information see the GitHub-hosted security advisory.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

References

URL

Type

	https://crates.io/crates/wasmtime	PACKAGE
	https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0094.html	ADVISORY
	https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/secu…	ADVISORY

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  "id": "RUSTSEC-2026-0094",
  "modified": "2026-04-09T19:59:38Z",
  "published": "2026-04-09T12:00:00Z",
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CVE-2026-35186 (GCVE-0-2026-35186)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-09 18:54 – Updated: 2026-04-13 20:18

Title

Wasmtime has an improperly masked return value from `table.grow` with Winch compiler backend

Summary

Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. From 25.0.0 to before 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1, Wasmtime's Winch compiler backend contains a bug where translating the table.grow operator causes the result to be incorrectly typed. For 32-bit tables this means that the result of the operator, internally in Winch, is tagged as a 64-bit value instead of a 32-bit value. This invalid internal representation of Winch's compiler state compounds into further issues depending on how the value is consumed. The primary consequence of this bug is that bytes in the host's address space can be stored/read from. This is only applicable to the 16 bytes before linear memory, however, as the only significant return value of table.grow that can be misinterpreted is -1. The bytes before linear memory are, by default, unmapped memory. Wasmtime will detect this fault and abort the process, however, because wasm should not be able to access these bytes. Overall this this bug in Winch represents a DoS vector by crashing the host process, a correctness issue within Winch, and a possible leak of up to 16-bytes before linear memory. Wasmtime's default compiler is Cranelift, not Winch, and Wasmtime's default settings are to place guard pages before linear memory. This means that Wasmtime's default configuration is not affected by this issue, and when explicitly choosing Winch Wasmtime's otherwise default configuration leads to a DoS. Disabling guard pages before linear memory is required to possibly leak up to 16-bytes of host data. This vulnerability is fixed in 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1.

Severity ?

6.1 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/secu…

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	bytecodealliance	wasmtime	Affected: >= 25.0.0, < 36.0.7 Affected: >= 37.0.0, < 42.0.2 Affected: >= 43.0.0, < 44.0.1

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
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GHSA-F984-PCP8-V2P7

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rustsec-2026-0094

Vulnerability from osv_rustsec

CVE-2026-35186 (GCVE-0-2026-35186)

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