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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-8257 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 1.9 LOW
Vector:  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

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/HackC0der/CVE-Repos/blob/main/wasm-binaryen/Assertion_Failure_isRef_wasm_Type_getHeapType_commit_3ef8d19 VulDB
https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/ VulDB
https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/commit/1251efbc1ea471c1311d2726b2bbe061ff2a291c VulDB
https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/issues/8633 VulDB
https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/pull/8635 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/submit/809552 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/362554 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/362554/cti VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-617 Reachable Assertion VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-8257
NVD Published Date:
05/10/2026
NVD Last Modified:
05/10/2026
Source:
VulDB