# RUSTSEC-2026-0423: Cross-engine type confusion with host-created struct-types-with-supertypes

- Also known as: GHSA-QW58-7H65-CRQ2
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 48.0.8, 49.0.5, 50.0.1
- Published: 2026-10-29 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

Wasmtime, the WebAssembly runtime used to execute WebAssembly code in applications and services, is affected by this flaw, which involves confusion between types when struct types with supertypes are created by the host and used across different engines. The impact is that the runtime may mishandle type checks, which could potentially allow memory-safety issues or incorrect behavior when untrusted WebAssembly code runs.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- wasmtime (crates.io): from 47.0.0, fixed in 48.0.8; from 49.0.0, fixed in 49.0.5; from 50.0.0, fixed in 50.0.1

## Description

This is an entry in the RustSec database for the Wasmtime security advisory located at https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-qw58-7h65-crq2 For more information see the GitHub-hosted security advisory.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wasmtime, upgrade to a fixed version (48.0.8, 49.0.5, 50.0.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://crates.io/crates/wasmtime
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0423.html
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/pull/15078

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