Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-24821

Critical

Published: 27 January 2026

Published
27 January 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:H/E:X/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:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
EPSS Score 0.0034 25.8th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-24821 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Lua (T1059.011); ranked at the 25.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in turanszkij WickedEngine (WickedEngine/LUA modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files lparser.C. This issue affects WickedEngine: through 0.71.727.

CWE(s)
CWE-125

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.011 Lua Execution
Adversaries may abuse Lua commands and scripts for execution.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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Why these techniques?

OOB read in Lua parser enables malicious Lua script execution leading to client-side exploitation.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References