Description
Wasmtime before 36.0.19, 37.0.0 before 48.0.7, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.4 contains a request smuggling vulnerability in wasi-http that allows guests to set multiple conflicting content-length headers. Malicious guests can make the host send HTTP requests with conflicting content-length values to smuggle requests through servers or intermediaries that do not reject them.
Published: 2026-11-03
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Wasmtime before 36.0.19, 37.0.0 before 48.0.7, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.4 contains a request smuggling vulnerability in wasi-http that allows guests to set multiple conflicting content-length headers. Malicious guests can make the host send HTTP requests with conflicting content-length values to smuggle requests through servers or intermediaries that do not reject them.
Title Wasmtime before 36.0.19, 37.0.0 before 48.0.7, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.4 wasi-http Request Smuggling
First Time appeared Bytecodealliance
Bytecodealliance wasmtime
Weaknesses CWE-444
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Bytecodealliance
Bytecodealliance wasmtime
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, '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'}

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Bytecodealliance Wasmtime
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-03T14:28:31.931Z

Reserved: 2026-11-03T12:32:14.752Z

Link: CVE-2026-121441

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-03T15:17:35.927

Modified: 2026-11-03T15:17:36.053

Link: CVE-2026-121441

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-444

    Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')