Vulnerability · Published Feb 18, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-2642ggreer the_silver_searcher search.c search_stream null pointer dereference

Low 3.3

In plain English

A low-severity null pointer dereference in the_silver_searcher from ggreer. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.3Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
ggreer	the_silver_searcher	2.02.12.2.0

Weakness: CWE-476, CWE-404 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-346398 | ggreer the_silver_searcher search.c search_stream null pointer dereference vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-346398 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #752769 | ggreer the_silver_searcher master-branch NULL Pointer Dereference third-party-advisory
https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher/issues/1558 issue-tracking
https://github.com/oneafter/0119/blob/main/segv1 exploit
https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher/ product