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Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-24809 affects praydog/REFramework before 1.5.5. A recursive Lua error can trigger a heap-buffer overflow, primarily threatening application availability. Public data rates it medium severity. There is no source evidence of active exploitation in the provided bundle.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate-priority availability risk. Prioritize updates where REFramework is used in managed environments, distributed builds, or support-sensitive user populations. No emergency exploitation signal is present in the provided sources.
Technical view
The flaw is in luaG_runerror in dependencies/lua/src/ldebug.c. When recursive errors occur, stack-saving changes were needed to prevent a heap-buffer overflow. CVSS 4.0 score is 6.9 with local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, and high vulnerable-system availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to systems or users running praydog/REFramework versions before 1.5.5. The CVE affected-version metadata is sparse and internally unclear, so confirm against vendor release history and the referenced patch.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show active exploitation, and CISA KEV status is false. The CVSS vector indicates local exploitation with no privileges or user interaction, but the provided sources do not describe a public exploit or real-world abuse.
Researcher notes
Key uncertainty is affected-version precision: the description says before 1.5.5, while the affected block lists version 0 with default unaffected. Use the CVE description and patch reference as primary anchors, then verify with upstream release artifacts.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade praydog/REFramework to version 1.5.5 or later if applicable.
- Review the referenced GitHub pull request for the exact patch status.
- If packaged by a third party, request confirmation that the fix is included.
Validation and detection
- Inventory deployed or distributed REFramework versions.
- Confirm versions before 1.5.5 are updated or removed.
- Verify the patch from pull request 1320 is present in source builds.
- Monitor crash reports involving recursive Lua errors for residual instability.
Public sources used
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.9 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/S:N/AU:Y/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/S:N/AU:Y/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber——Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
6.9MediumVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/S:N/AU:Y/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/praydog/REFramework/pull/1320CVE reference · patch
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Out-of-bounds Write
Out-of-bounds Write represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.