Findings

CVE-2026-9541

A security flaw has been discovered in Squirrel up to 3.2.

Published May 26, 2026 · updated Jul 23, 2026 · squirrel-lang squirrel

A security flaw has been discovered in Squirrel up to 3.2. Impacted is the function ReadObject of the file squirrel/sqobject.cpp of the component Cnut File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is only possible with local access. 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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  1. May 26, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A security flaw has been discovered in Squirrel up to 3.2. Impacted is the function ReadObject of the file squirrel/sqobject.cpp of the component Cnut File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early thro

  2. Jul 23, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A security flaw has been discovered in Squirrel up to 3.2. Impacted is the function ReadObject of the file squirrel/sqobject.cpp of the component Cnut File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early thro

Affected

  • cpe squirrel-lang/squirrelversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-9541

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-9541

    A security flaw has been discovered in Squirrel up to 3.2. Impacted is the function ReadObject of the file squirrel/sqobject.cpp of the component Cnut File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is only possible with local access. The

    nvd.nist.gov

References

CVE-2026-9541 · ZeroDay Findings