A vulnerability was detected in ChaiScript up to 6.1.0. The impacted element is the function chaiscript::str_less::operator of the file include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp. The manipulation results in use after free. The attack requires a local approach. The attack requires a high level of complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Chaiscript
Chaiscript chaiscript
Vendors & Products Chaiscript
Chaiscript chaiscript

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was detected in ChaiScript up to 6.1.0. The impacted element is the function chaiscript::str_less::operator of the file include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp. The manipulation results in use after free. The attack requires a local approach. The attack requires a high level of complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Title ChaiScript chaiscript_defines.hpp operator use after free
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-416
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 2.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-18T14:39:51.039Z

Reserved: 2026-02-18T06:43:13.411Z

Link: CVE-2026-2655

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-18T14:16:07.490

Modified: 2026-02-18T17:51:53.510

Link: CVE-2026-2655

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-19T10:19:52Z

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