CVE-2026-272046.9MediumCWE-774

CVE-2026-27204: Wasmtime WASI implementations are vulnerable to guest-controlled resource exhaustion

bytecodealliance · wasmtime

Affected: bytecodealliance wasmtime · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

35th percentile

050100

Higher than 35% of scored CVEs

6.9MediumCVSS 4.0

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. Prior to versions 24.0.6, 36.0.6, 4.0.04, 41.0.4, and 42.0.0, Wasmtime's implementation of WASI host interfaces are susceptible to guest-controlled resource exhaustion on the host. Wasmtime did not appropriately place limits on resource allocations requested by the guests. This serves as a Denial of Service vector. Wasmtime 24.0.6, 36.0.6, 40.0.4, 41.0.4, and 42.0.0 have all been released with the fix for this issue. These versions do not prevent this issue in their default configuration to avoid breaking preexisting behaviors. All versions of Wasmtime have appropriate knobs to prevent this behavior, and Wasmtime 42.0.0-and-later will have these knobs tuned by default to prevent this issue from happening. There are no known workarounds for this issue without upgrading. Embedders are recommended to upgrade and configure their embeddings as necessary to prevent possibly-malicious guests from triggering this issue.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

bytecodealliance · wasmtime< 24.0.6; >= 25.0.0, < 36.0.6; >= 37.0.0, < 40.0.4; >= 41.0.0, < 41.0.4

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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
Weakness: Allocation of File Descriptors or Handles Without Limits or Throttling · Denial of Service
Vendor: bytecodealliance
Published: February 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), February 2026

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