CVE-2025-43853

MEDIUM

WAMR <2.2.0 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The WebAssembly Micro Runtime's (WAMR) iwasm package is the executable binary built with WAMR VMcore which supports WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) and command line interface. Anyone running WAMR up to and including version 2.2.0 or WAMR built with libc-uvwasi on Windows is affected by a symlink following vulnerability. On WAMR running in Windows, creating a symlink pointing outside of the preopened directory and subsequently opening it with create flag will create a file on host outside of the sandbox. If the symlink points to an existing host file, it's also possible to open it and read its content. Version 2.3.0 fixes the issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 30.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-61
Status published
Products (1)
bytecodealliance/webassembly_micro_runtime < 2.2.0
Published May 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026