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CVE-2026-8257

WebAssembly Binaryen BrOn wasm-ir-builder.cpp makeBrOn assertion

CVSS 4.8 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-617
Vexday Risk Score
33Attention
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
CVSS 4.8EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch referenciado
Lifecycle
11 May 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
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/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Affected products
WebAssembly · Binaryen
public PoCs found — 1
cve_referencegithub.com/HackC0der/CVE-Repos/blob/main/wasm-binaryen/Assertion_Failure_isRef_wasm_Type_getHeapType_commit_3ef8d19unverified
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References
https://github.com/HackC0der/CVE-Repos/blob/main/wasm-binaryen/Assertion_Failure_isRef_wasm_Type_getHeapType_commit_3ef8d19https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/commit/1251efbc1ea471c1311d2726b2bbe061ff2a291chttps://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/issues/8633https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/pull/8635https://vuldb.com/submit/809552https://vuldb.com/vuln/362554https://vuldb.com/vuln/362554/cti