CVE-2026-58494
Publication date 9 July 2026
Last updated 9 July 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. Prior to 24.0.11, 36.0.12, 45.0.3, and 46.0.1, wasmtime-wasi hard-link creation and renaming check directory permissions but not matching FilePerms on source and destination preopens, allowing a WASI guest with a read-only source file capability to overwrite host files exposed as FilePerms::READ through wasip1, wasip2, or wasip3 filesystem interfaces. This issue is fixed in versions 24.0.11, 36.0.12, 45.0.3, and 46.0.1.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| rust-wasmtime | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
6.5 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58494
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/5ddfd5f1ef28f2041fa07d237ad0336e167b0e0c
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/7db94cdcf0c79cb3dfde884b534b653f2dd83367
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/8a250aac0962ca1364b5f16525720e9d0b39edcd
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/d3ceb56ec35f39e02496eeb4e2d9c7f4fb964d9e
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v24.0.11
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v36.0.12
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v45.0.3
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v46.0.1
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-4ch3-9j33-3pmj