CVE-2026-118688: Wasmtime before 36.0.18, 37.0.0 before 48.0.6, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 Sandbox Escape via Symlink Rename
bytecodealliance · wasmtime
Vendor fix available · Affected: bytecodealliance wasmtime · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 15% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
wasmtime-wasi in Wasmtime before 36.0.18, 37.0.0 before 48.0.6, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 re-appends a trailing slash to rename source paths, causing renameat on macOS and FreeBSD hosts to follow directory symlinks. A guest with sandbox write access can rename a relative symlink such as "up/" to move host directories into its sandbox and read or write them.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- bytecodealliance · wasmtimebefore 36.0.18; from 37.0.0 before 48.0.6; from 49.0.0 before 49.0.3
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- bytecodealliance
- Published
- October 2026
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