A security flaw has been discovered in Squirrel up to 3.2. This affects the function SQObjectPtr::operator in the library squirrel/sqobject.h. The manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

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Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Squirrel-lang
Squirrel-lang squirrel
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:squirrel-lang:squirrel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Squirrel-lang
Squirrel-lang squirrel

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Albertodemichelis
Albertodemichelis squirrel
Vendors & Products Albertodemichelis
Albertodemichelis squirrel

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description A security flaw has been discovered in Squirrel up to 3.2. This affects the function SQObjectPtr::operator in the library squirrel/sqobject.h. The manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Title Squirrel sqobject.h operator heap-based overflow
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, '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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-18T19:54:14.409Z

Reserved: 2026-02-18T07:31:01.293Z

Link: CVE-2026-2661

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-18T19:50:37.669Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-18T20:18:36.377

Modified: 2026-02-20T20:04:11.593

Link: CVE-2026-2661

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-19T10:11:27Z

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