Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. From 30.0.0 to 36.0.8, 43.0.2, and 44.0.1, Wasmtime's allocation logic for a WebAssembly table contained checked arithmetic which panicked on overflow. This overflow is possible to trigger, and thus panic, when a table with an extremely large size is allocated. This is possible with the WebAssembly memory64 proposal where tables can have sizes in the 64-bit range as opposed to the previous 32-bit range which would not overflow. The panic happens when attempting to create a very large table, such as when instantiating a WebAssembly module or component. This vulnerability is fixed in 36.0.8, 43.0.2, and 44.0.1.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-p8xm-42r7-89xg Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.9 · bytecodeallianceNVD modified 2026-10-26 14:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 2
cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:44.0.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
References 5
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-p8xm-42r7-89xg Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:45341
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44216
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477467
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44216.json