Advisories

Wasmtime before 36.0.18, 37.0.0 before 48.0.6, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 Sandbox Escape via Symlink Rename

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Severity
high
Date
Affecting
  • wasmtime >= 0, < 36.0.18

  • wasmtime >= 37.0.0, < 48.0.6

  • wasmtime >= 49.0.0, < 49.0.3

CWE
  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
CVSS
8.8
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L
Credit
rvolosatovs, alexcrichton
Description
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.

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