  We present photometric and spectroscopic data of SN 2018lab, a low luminosity
type IIP supernova (LLSN) with a V-band peak luminosity of $-15.1\pm0.1$ mag.
SN 2018lab was discovered by the Distance Less Than 40 Mpc (DLT40) SNe survey
only 0.73 days post-explosion, as determined by observations from the
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). TESS observations of SN 2018lab
yield a densely sampled, fast-rising, early time light curve likely powered by
circumstellar medium (CSM) interaction. The blue-shifted, broadened flash
feature in the earliest spectra ($<$2 days) of SN 2018lab provide further
evidence for ejecta-CSM interaction. The early emission features in the spectra
of SN 2018lab are well described by models of a red supergiant progenitor with
an extended envelope and close-in CSM. As one of the few LLSNe with observed
flash features, SN 2018lab highlights the need for more early spectra to
explain the diversity of flash feature morphology in type II SNe.
