A vulnerability was identified in wren-lang wren up to 0.4.0. This affects the function peekChar of the file src/vm/wren_compiler.c of the component Source File Parser. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

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Thu, 26 Feb 2026 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wren
Wren wren
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wren:wren:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wren
Wren wren

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wren-lang
Wren-lang wren
Vendors & Products Wren-lang
Wren-lang wren

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was identified in wren-lang wren up to 0.4.0. This affects the function peekChar of the file src/vm/wren_compiler.c of the component Source File Parser. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Title wren-lang wren Source File wren_compiler.c peekChar out-of-bounds
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-125
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, '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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-24T14:50:28.182Z

Reserved: 2026-02-20T10:49:27.958Z

Link: CVE-2026-2858

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-24T14:50:24.115Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-20T22:16:30.000

Modified: 2026-02-26T02:35:33.627

Link: CVE-2026-2858

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-23T14:35:00Z

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