Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. Prior to versions 24.0.6, 36.0.6, 4.0.04, 41.0.4, and 42.0.0, Wasmtime's implementation of WASI host interfaces are susceptible to guest-controlled resource exhaustion on the host. Wasmtime did not appropriately place limits on resource allocations requested by the guests. This serves as a Denial of Service vector. Wasmtime 24.0.6, 36.0.6, 40.0.4, 41.0.4, and 42.0.0 have all been released with the fix for this issue. These versions do not prevent this issue in their default configuration to avoid breaking preexisting behaviors. All versions of Wasmtime have appropriate knobs to prevent this behavior, and Wasmtime 42.0.0-and-later will have these knobs tuned by default to prevent this issue from happening. There are no known workarounds for this issue without upgrading. Embedders are recommended to upgrade and configure their embeddings as necessary to prevent possibly-malicious guests from triggering this issue.
CVE-2026-27204
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit-prediction score not yet available (the EPSS model rescores nightly; freshly-published CVEs typically appear within 48 hours). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(low)
- EG Risk
- 34(Track)EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity65% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 27%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 24, 2026
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (7)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://docs.rs/wasmtime-wasi/latest/wasmtime_wasi/struct.WasiCtxBuilder.html#method.max_random_size
- security-advisories@githubhttps://docs.rs/wasmtime/latest/wasmtime/component/struct.ResourceTable.html#method.set_max_capacity
- security-advisories@githubhttps://docs.rs/wasmtime/latest/wasmtime/struct.Store.html#method.set_hostcall_fuel
- security-advisories@githubhttps://docs.wasmtime.dev/security-what-is-considered-a-security-vulnerability.html
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/issues/11552
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/pull/12599
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-852m-cvvp-9p4w
Weakness Classification(4)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 1× in last 7d / 1× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-27 14:07 UTCEG score recompute
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10 shownCWE-400 · CWE-770
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- CVE-2010-3705EG 8.3HIGH
- CVE-2006-1364NVD 7.5EG 8.2EPSS p99HIGH
- CVE-2008-5180NVD 5.3EG 7.9EPSS p99HIGH
- CVE-2012-0024EG 7.8HIGH
- CVE-2011-3192EG 7.8EPSS p100HIGH
- CVE-2010-4686EG 7.8HIGH
- CVE-2010-4671EG 7.8HIGH
- CVE-2009-2054EG 7.8HIGH
- CVE-2009-2726EG 7.8EPSS p93HIGH
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