Guest-controlled resource exhaustion in WASI implementations

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2026-0020",
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    "title": "Guest-controlled resource exhaustion in WASI implementations",
    "summary": "This is an entry in the RustSec database for the Wasmtime security advisory located at https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-852m-cvvp-9p4w For more information see the GitHub-hosted security advisory.",
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          "package": {
            "name": "wasmtime",
            "purl": "pkg:cargo/wasmtime",
            "ecosystem": "crates.io"
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      "modified": "2026-10-12T18:00:08.826399541Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://crates.io/crates/wasmtime",
        "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0020.html",
        "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/issues/11552"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 306391,
  "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+00:00"
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