6.5

CVE-2026-34942: bytecodealliance wasmtime Improper Validation of Array Index

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-34942DEBIAN-CVE-2026-34942CGA-22f2-w6c5-mg96
Published 09-04-2026Last modified 09-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-34942 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability in bytecodealliance wasmtime. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · +0.07 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
CGA-7F8X-XJFG-9CQ8

Timeline

  1. 09-04-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. Prior to 24.0.7, 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1, Wasmtime's implementation of transcoding strings into the Component Model's utf16 or latin1+utf16 encodings improperly verified the alignment of reallocated strings. This meant that unaligned pointers could be passed to the host for transcoding which would trigger a host panic. This panic is possible to trigger from malicious guests which transfer very specific strings across components with specific addresses. Host panics are considered a DoS vector in Wasmtime as the panic conditions are controlled by the guest in this situation. This vulnerability is fixed in 24.0.7, 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1.

CVSS metrics

9 scores · 7 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.07 pp

From 0.35% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard5 products
  • washAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • wasmcloud< 2.0.4-r0
  • wizer< 11.0.3-r10
  • yara-x< 1.15.0-r2
  • zed< 0.228.0-r3
Wolfi5 products
  • washAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • wasmcloud< 2.0.4-r0
  • wizer< 11.0.3-r10
  • yara-x< 1.15.0-r2
  • zed< 0.228.0-r3
Bytecodealliance1 product
  • wasmtime≥ 43.0.0, < 44.0.1 | < 24.0.7 | ≥ 25.0.0, < 36.0.7 | ≥ 37.0.0, < 42.0.2 | ≥ 43.0.0, < 43.0.1
Crates.Io1 product
  • wasmtime< 24.0.7 | ≥ 25.0.0, < 36.0.7 | ≥ 37.0.0, < 42.0.2 | ≥ 43.0.0, < 43.0.1
Debian1 product
  • rust-wasmtimeAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 36.0.7+dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • rust-wasmtimeAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 14 products

References

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