DEBIAN-CVE-2026-2661
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.
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-2661
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-2661
squirrel3
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 3.1-8.2
Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.1-8.2+deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.1-8.3Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.1-8.4Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.1-8.5Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
squirrel3
Source reference: /affected/1/package/name
- Affected versions
- 3.1-8.2
Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.1-8.3Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.1-8.4Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.1-8.5Source reference:
/affected/1/versions - Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "squirrel3",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/squirrel3?arch=source&distro=trixie",
"ecosystem": "Debian:13"
},
"versions": [
"3.1-8.2",
"3.1-8.2+deb13u1",
"3.1-8.3",
"3.1-8.4",
"3.1-8.5"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-2661.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "squirrel3",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/squirrel3?arch=source&distro=forky",
"ecosystem": "Debian:14"
},
"versions": [
"3.1-8.2",
"3.1-8.3",
"3.1-8.4",
"3.1-8.5"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-2661.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #56289 · Revision 1
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