#1130872 squirrel3: CVE-2026-2661

Package:
src:squirrel3
Source:
src:squirrel3
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2026-03-15 15:13:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1130872#5
Date:
2026-03-15 15:12:27 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for squirrel3.

CVE-2026-2661[0]:
| 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.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-2661
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2661
[1] https://github.com/albertodemichelis/squirrel/issues/310

Regards,
Salvatore