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CVE-2026-2642

A security vulnerability has been detected in ggreer the_silver_searcher up to 2.2.0.

LOW 1.9EPSS 0.15%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 4.0
1.9 LOWCVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.15% probability · 5th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-404, CWE-476
Source
cna@vuldb.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.