{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-2642 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-2642 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-2642 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ggreer the_silver_searcher, published on 18 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-2642 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-2642 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ggreer the_silver_searcher, published on 18 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-2642 exists.\n\nAffected product: ggreer the_silver_searcher. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2642/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2642/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-2642","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2642/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-2642","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-8vw7-m4cj-2323"],"analysis":{"component_type":"developer_tool","fix_type":"no_fix_stated","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"the_silver_searcher","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local attacker can cause a denial of service in the_silver_searcher via a null pointer dereference in the search_stream function.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulDB","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":4.8,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","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/E:P","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-476","name":"NULL Pointer Dereference"},{"id":"CWE-404","name":"Improper Resource Shutdown or Release"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"ggreer the_silver_searcher search.c search_stream null pointer dereference","id":"CVE-2026-2642","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"niklasso minisat DIMACS File SolverTypes.h value out-of-bounds","id":"CVE-2026-2644"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"universal-ctags V Language v.c parseExprList recursion","id":"CVE-2026-2641"},"products":["the_silver_searcher"],"published":"2026-02-18","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-23","vendors":["ggreer"]},"summary":"A local attacker can cause a denial of service in the_silver_searcher via a null pointer dereference in the search_stream function.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2642/"}