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Squirrel sqobject.cpp Load heap-based overflow

Published May 11, 2026

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.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

Weaknesses (3)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

CWE-120

Classic Buffer Overflow

CWE-122

References (9)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner VulDB
Published May 11, 2026
Updated May 11, 2026
Reserved May 10, 2026
Link CVE-2026-8261
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated May 11, 2026
NVD
Status Deferred
Modified Jul 23, 2026
Link CVE-2026-8261
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date May 11, 2026
Links CVE-2026-8261 - Bugzilla
ENISA EUVD
Assigner n/a
Published n/a
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Exploited since n/a
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