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CVE-2026-118688

wasmtime-wasi in Wasmtime before 36.0.18, 37.0.0 before 48.0.6, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 re-appends a trailing slash to rename source paths, causing renameat o…

Impact

wasmtime-wasi in Wasmtime before 36.0.18, 37.0.0 before 48.0.6, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 re-appends a trailing slash to rename source paths, causing renameat on macOS and FreeBSD hosts to follow directory symlinks. A guest with sandbox write access can rename a relative symlink such as "up/" to move host directories into its sandbox and read or write them.

Affected products

ProductAffected versions
Wasmtime
before 36.0.18
37.0.0
before 48.0.6
And 49.0.0
before 49.0.3

Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.

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