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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-2869 Detail

Description

A vulnerability was identified in janet-lang janet up to 1.40.1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function janetc_varset of the file src/core/specials.c of the component handleattr Handler. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 1.41.0 addresses this issue. The identifier of the patch is 2fabc80151a2b8834ee59cda8a70453f848b40e5. The affected component should be upgraded.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 4.8 MEDIUM
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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/janet-lang/janet/ VulDB
https://github.com/janet-lang/janet/commit/2fabc80151a2b8834ee59cda8a70453f848b40e5 VulDB
https://github.com/janet-lang/janet/issues/1699 VulDB
https://github.com/janet-lang/janet/releases/tag/v1.41.0 VulDB
https://github.com/oneafter/0123/blob/main/ja1/repro VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.347106 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?id.347106 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?submit.754589 VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulDB  
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-2869
NVD Published Date:
02/21/2026
NVD Last Modified:
02/21/2026
Source:
VulDB