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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-17 | Published 2026-02-18 | Updated 2026-02-23 | Assigner VulDB




MEDIUM: 4.8CVSS: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
LOW: 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
LOW: 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
1.7AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR

Problem types

NULL Pointer Dereference

Denial of Service

Product status

2.0
affected

2.1
affected

2.2.0
affected

Timeline

2026-02-17:Advisory disclosed
2026-02-17:VulDB entry created
2026-02-18:VulDB entry last update

Credits

Oneafter (VulDB User) reporter

References

vuldb.com/?id.346398 (VDB-346398 | ggreer the_silver_searcher search.c search_stream null pointer dereference) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/?ctiid.346398 (VDB-346398 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/?submit.752769 (Submit #752769 | ggreer the_silver_searcher master-branch NULL Pointer Dereference) third-party-advisory

github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher/issues/1558 issue-tracking

github.com/oneafter/0119/blob/main/segv1 exploit

github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher/ product

cve.org (CVE-2026-2642)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-2642)

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