CVE-2026-104855 — Wasmtime: Preemption and traps during bulk operations enable breaking internal VM state
Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. From 46.0.0 until 46.0.2 and 47.0.3, fuel and epoch preemption checks inside bulk operations including memory.copy, table.grow, and array.copy can expose invalid intermediate state when an embedder mutates a Store in Store::epoch_deadline_callback or continues using a Store after cancellation or a trap. A cancelled non-nullable table growth can leave null elements, linear-memory growth during memory.copy can invalidate retained raw pointers, and callback-triggered garbage collection during array.copy can invalidate GC pointers, resulting in a crash, invalid memory access, or GC heap corruption. Embeddings whose callbacks only access the host data in Store<T>, and embeddings that discard a Store after timeout or epoch deadline, are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 46.0.2 and 47.0.3.
Who exploits it and how urgent it is
A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.
How the score was calculated
- EPSS 0.3% (30-day exploitation probability)+3
The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.
CISA SSVC assessment CISA
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Remediation
Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.
No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.
First 24 hours
Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.
- Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Bytecodealliance Wasmtime).
- No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
- Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
- Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (logic error), errors and authentication anomalies.
Affected scope
Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bytecodealliance | Wasmtime | version >= 46.0.0, < 46.0.2version >= 47.0.0, < 47.0.3 | Vulnerable | CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
Attack characteristics
The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | CVSS 4.0 | Low | — | — | security-advisories@github.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database |
| 2.0 | CVSS 4.0 | Low | — | — | GitHub_M via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X (score shown at the top: security-advisories@github.com) Weakness MITRE
Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.
EPSS over time FIRST
Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 15, 2026 · 3 reading(s) · max 0.28%
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.
- Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Timeline
What happened to this CVE, newest first.
- 2026
- Affected products added · bytecodealliance/wasmtime
- SSVC assessment updated
- Record published
- CVSS changed · 2.0
- Source status changed · → Deferred
- Record created in this database
- CVE published
Source activity
Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.
- 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026
References
9 on the record
- github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/pull/14045
- github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v46.0.2
- github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/99b0bc39d447317a4102c056081c83a9a84a
- github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/pull/14043
- github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v47.0.3
- github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/pull/14041
- github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/a3eb27af01ba5a30320a90ea1405059cdfed
- github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-2hw9-mc66-jc2q
- github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/3ebfbe5af4927c157d6fcaca42b8dbb6d17b
Elsewhere on this site
Related CVEs (same products)
- Medium CVE-2026-58494 Wasmtime: WASI hard links bypass wasmtime-wasi's FilePerms for destination Jul 8, 2026
- Medium CVE-2026-54786 Wasmtime: Leak in WASIp1 `fd_renumber` implementation Jul 1, 2026
- High CVE-2026-47261 Wasmtime: WASI path_open(TRUNCATE) bypasses `FilePerms::WRITE` host restriction Jun 15, 2026
- High CVE-2026-44216 Wasmtime: Panic when allocating a table exceeding the size of the host's address space May 14, 2026
- Medium CVE-2026-34988 Wasmtime leaks data between pooling allocator instances Apr 9, 2026
- Medium CVE-2026-35195 Wasmtime has an out-of-bounds write or crash when transcoding component model strings Apr 9, 2026
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.
Answered from this record
Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.
What should defenders know first?
CVE-2026-104855 is "Wasmtime: Preemption and traps during bulk operations enable breaking internal VM state", rated Low. It affects Wasmtime (Bytecodealliance); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 2.0 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.28% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.
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