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CVE-2026-8257

A vulnerability was detected in WebAssembly Binaryen up to 117.

LOW 1.9EPSS 0.16%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A vulnerability was detected in WebAssembly Binaryen up to 117. This issue affects the function IRBuilder::makeBrOn of the file src/wasm/wasm-ir-builder.cpp of the component BrOn Parser. Performing a manipulation results in reachable assertion. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named 1251efbc1ea471c1311d2726b2bbe061ff2a291c. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

CVSS 4.0
1.9 LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.16% probability · 5th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-617
Affected
webassembly/binaryen
Source
cna@vuldb.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.