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CVE-2026-2642

ggreer the_silver_searcher search.c search_stream null pointer dereference

CVSS 4.8 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-404CWE-476
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 4.8EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
18 Feb 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
A security vulnerability has been detected in ggreer the_silver_searcher up to 2.2.0. The impacted element is the function search_stream of the file src/search.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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
Affected products
ggreer · the_silver_searcher

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References
https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher/https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher/issues/1558https://github.com/oneafter/0119/blob/main/segv1https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.346398https://vuldb.com/?id.346398https://vuldb.com/?submit.752769