CVE-2023-51661 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Wasmer, a WebAssembly runtime, allowing untrusted Wasm programs to access the host filesystem outside of their intended sandbox. With a CVSS score of 8.6, this vulnerability presents a critical risk (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N), enabling remote attackers to compromise the confidentiality of the host system. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability has been patched in Wasmer version 4.2.4.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0.0, < 4.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wasmer:wasmer:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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