Low 3.3Published Feb 21, 2026

CVE-2026-2887aardappel lobster idents.h TypeName recursion

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 12:50 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

A security vulnerability has been detected in aardappel lobster up to 2025.4. This impacts the function lobster::TypeName in the library dev/src/lobster/idents.h. Such manipulation leads to uncontrolled recursion. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 2026.1 will fix this issue. The name of the patch is 8ba49f98ccfc9734ef352146806433a41d9f9aa6. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

CVSS: 3.3 LOW (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-674, CWE-404
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulDB
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Feb 23, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

aardappel lobster aardappel:lobster (from the name)	2025.0; 2025.1; 2025.2; 2025.3; 2025.4; 2026.1 not affected	CNA record
strlen lobster strlen:lobster	before 2026.1	NVD

References

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.347181	vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.347181	signature, permissions-required, vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.755026	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://github.com/aardappel/lobster/issues/397	issue-tracking, exploit, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/aardappel/lobster/issues/397#issuecomment-3849015088	issue-tracking, exploit, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/oneafter/0204/blob/main/lob3/repro.lobster	exploit, third-party-advisory
https://github.com/aardappel/lobster/commit/8ba49f98ccfc9734ef352146806433a41d9f9aa6	patch
https://github.com/aardappel/lobster/releases/tag/v2026.1	patch, release-notes
https://github.com/aardappel/lobster/	product

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