Critical severity · published Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2026-40504
Creolabs Gravity < 0.9.6 Heap Buffer Overflow via gravity_vm_exec
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Creolabs Gravity before 0.9.6 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the gravity_vm_exec function that allows attackers to write out-of-bounds memory by crafting scripts with many string literals at global scope. Attackers can exploit insufficient bounds checking in gravity_fiber_reassign() to corrupt heap metadata and achieve arbitrary code execution in applications that evaluate untrusted scripts.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GR
gravity · marcobambini
before 0.9.6; before 18b9195598d9b944376754c6d1ad76e38a4adca1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40504
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40504
github.com
https://github.com/marcobambini/gravity/commit/18b9195598d9b944376754c6d1ad76e38a4adca1
github.com
https://github.com/marcobambini/gravity/issues/437
github.com
https://github.com/marcobambini/gravity/releases/tag/0.9.6
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/creolabs-gravity-heap-buffer-overflow-via-gravity-vm-exec
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