Raw 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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XSummary
CVE-2026-2258 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119) vulnerability in Strlen Lobster. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-16 (Memory Protection) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-6469
Vulnerability Data
A flaw has been found in aardappel lobster up to 2025.4. Affected by this vulnerability is the function WaveFunctionCollapse in the library dev/src/lobster/wfc.h. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit…
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has been published and may be used. This patch is called c2047a33e1ac2c42ab7e8704b33f7ea518a11ffd. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Local memory corruption (CWE-119/787) directly enables local exploitation for privilege escalation.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly employs memory protection techniques to block out-of-bounds writes and buffer overflows that cause the described memory corruption in WaveFunctionCollapse.
Requires prompt application of the published patch (c2047a33e1ac2c42ab7e8704b33f7ea518a11ffd) to remediate the CWE-119/CWE-787 flaw.
Mandates developer security testing (e.g., fuzzing, static analysis) that would have detected the memory-safety defect before release.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices (bounds checking, safe APIs, reviews) directly prevent this class of flaw.
Vulnerability scanning and code analysis directly surface buffer-boundary flaws.
Receiving and triaging vulnerability disclosures commonly includes buffer-related reports.
Developer training on secure coding reduces introduction of memory-buffer errors.
Patching replaces vulnerable code containing buffer-boundary defects.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development catches out-of-bounds accesses before release, covering most instances of the weakness.
Secure development lifecycle mandates memory-safety practices that directly prevent buffer-boundary violations.
Application security requirements can specify memory-safety rules, but do not prescribe implementation details.
Secure architecture and engineering principles include memory-safe design patterns that mitigate buffer overflows.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe buffer operations, directly eliminating CWE-119.
Change management can enforce review gates that catch unsafe memory operations before deployment.