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CVE-2026-58494: 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 Fil

mediumCVSS 6.5CVE-2026-58494
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.

Details

Source
NVD Recent CVEs (US · database · site)
Severity
medium — CVSS 6.5
Published
2026-07-08
Last updated
2026-07-10
Exploitation
Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-58494

Exploitation outlook

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Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2026-58494coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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