Description
Wasmtime 46.0.0 before 48.0.6 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows malicious components to panic the host via thread.yield in start functions. Attackers can supply a component whose start function calls an async-lowered import then thread.yield, causing an undisposed fiber drop that crashes embedders.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| bytecodealliance | wasmtime | 46.0.0 – < 48.0.6, 49.0.0 – < 49.0.3 | 48.0.6 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | rust-wasmtime | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | rust-wasmtime | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | rust-wasmtime | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | wasmtime | >= 46.0.0, < 48.0.6 · >= 49.0.0, < 49.0.3 | 48.0.6, 49.0.3 | RUSTSEC-2026-0358 |
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-5hhx-4wrr-3j9g) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: Wasmtime 46.0.0 before 48.0.6 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 Host Panic via thread.yield third-party-advisory