CVE-2026-2642

medium

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.

References

https://vuldb.com/?submit.752769

https://vuldb.com/?id.346398

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.346398

https://github.com/oneafter/0119/blob/main/segv1

https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher/issues/1558

https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-18

Updated: 2026-02-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Low

CVSS v4

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: 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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00013