Bug 2468982 (CVE-2026-8258)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-8258 Squirrel: Squirrel: Arbitrary Code Execution via Stack-based Buffer Overflow | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | alcohan, amctagga, anjoseph, anpicker, aoconnor, bniver, bparees, caswilli, dbosanac, eborisov, eglynn, fdeutsch, flucifre, gmeno, gparvin, groman, hasun, jbalunas, jfula, jjoyce, jkoehler, jowilson, jprabhak, jpretori, jreimann, jschluet, kaycoth, lball, lhh, lphiri, mbenjamin, mburns, mdessi, mgarciac, mhackett, mrizzi, ngough, nyancey, ometelka, oramraz, pahickey, pcattana, ptisnovs, rhaigner, smullick, sostapov, stirabos, syedriko, thason, vereddy, veshanka, wtam, xdharmai |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Doc Text: |
A flaw was found in Squirrel. A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the `validate_format` function, which processes string formats, by providing specially crafted input. This manipulation can cause a stack-based buffer overflow, potentially leading to a denial of service or the execution of unauthorized code.
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | 2479817, 2479818, 2479819, 2479820, 2479816 | ||
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-05-11 02:01:18 UTC
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