CVE-2026-58592

Description

Ladybird contains a dangling-reference memory-safety flaw in its WebAssembly ESM-integration module loader. When a JavaScript function is imported into a WebAssembly module via the ESM path, WebAssemblyModule.cpp passes a stack-local Wasm::FunctionType by reference to create_host_function, whose host callback captures and later reads that reference; once the ESM link-loop iteration ends the FunctionType is destroyed, leaving the callback with a dangling reference (the normal instantiate path uses a long-lived reference and is not affected). Stale result-type data lets the host callback return an empty result vector for a statically non-empty result, so the destination register retains an attacker-influenced value that is then consumed by the WASM-GC array.set handler, which bit-casts the reference low bits to an ArrayInstance pointer after only a null check, yielding an arbitrary write. A web page can chain this into code execution in the WebContent process. Verified reachable from HTML content without any instrumentation or source modification.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/blob/master/Libraries/LibWeb/WebAssembly/WebAssemblyModule.cpp
• https://github.com/bikini/exploitarium/tree/main/ladybird-wasm-esm-host-function-rce-poc
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ladybird-web-reachable-code-execution-via-dangling-functiontype-reference-in-webassembly-esm-integration

CWEs

CWE-787 CWE-825 CWE-843