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CVE-2026-8261

Published: May 11, 2026

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.9

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability was determined in Squirrel up to 3.2. This affects the function SQFunctionProto::Load of the file squirrel/sqobject.cpp. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Squirrel	affected `3.0` affected `3.1` affected `3.2`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

VDB-362558 | Squirrel sqobject.cpp Load heap-based overflow

vdb-entry

technical-description

VDB-362558 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)

signature

permissions-required

Submit #809904 | albertodemichelis squirrel 3.2 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

third-party-advisory

https://github.com/albertodemichelis/squirrel/issues/326

issue-tracking

https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/squirrel-sqobject-functionproto-load-intovf-lineinfos

exploit

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