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CVE-2026-121440: Wasmtime 46.0.0 before 48.0.7 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.4 Forwarded Trailers Header Filter Bypass

MediumCVSS 6.3 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 25/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.22% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: bytecodealliance wasmtime 48.0.7, 49.0.4.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to bytecodealliance wasmtime 48.0.7, 49.0.4 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Wasmtime 46.0.0 before 48.0.7 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.4 fails to check forwarded trailers against the WasiHttpHooks::is_forbidden_header hook in wasi-http p3. WASIp3 guests can forward a request or response body so its trailers skip embedder-customized forbidden header filtering, undermining header restrictions the embedder intended.

Published
Nov 3, 2026
Updated
Nov 3, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 13th percentile

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Action score

25

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
25 / 40 · 6.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · VulnCheck
6.3
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • bytecodealliance wasmtime

    • 48.0.7, 49.0.4not affected
    • 46.0.0 and later · before 48.0.7affected · semver
    • 49.0.0 and later · before 49.0.4affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
crates.iowasmtime-wasi-httpfrom 46.0.0 · before 48.0.748.0.7
crates.iowasmtime-wasi-httpfrom 49.0.0 · before 49.0.449.0.4

Same product

bytecodealliance: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-115893Wasmtime: Cranelift backend on aarch64 can jump to incorrect target on large Wasm `br_table` instruction
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-115889Wasmtime: Bit-packing in Cranelift compiler causes silent overflow and miscompilation
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2022-39394wasmtime_trap_code C API function has out of bounds write vulnerability
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-119143Oct 29, 2026 · Wasmtime 46.0.0 before 48.0.6 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 Panic via Zero-Length Stream Writes
    23Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-121439Nov 3, 2026 · Wasmtime 46.0.0 before 48.0.7 and 49.0.0 before 49.0.4 HTTP Response Splitting via wasi-http
    27Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-121441Nov 3, 2026 · Wasmtime before 36.0.19, 37.0.0 before 48.0.7, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.4 wasi-http Request Smuggling
    25Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
bytecodealliance wasmtime48.0.7Vendor (CNA)
bytecodealliance wasmtime49.0.4Vendor (CNA)
crates.io:wasmtime-wasi-http48.0.7Package registry (OSV)
crates.io:wasmtime-wasi-http49.0.4Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Published
  2. Fix recordedsame day
  3. TodayNov 13, 2026+10 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-424 · Improper Protection of Alternate Path

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → none
  2. Exploit maturity— → none
  3. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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