CVE 4.8 MEDIUM

ggreer the_silver_searcher search.c search_stream null pointer dereference_CVE-2026-2642

4.8 / 10
MEDIUM
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

Description

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-2642
Source VulDB
Published Feb 18, 2026 at 06:32

Affected Product

Vendor ggreer
Product the_silver_searcher
Version 2.0
Affected Versions ggreer the_silver_searcher 2.0
ggreer the_silver_searcher 2.1
ggreer the_silver_searcher 2.2.0

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