🛡️ CVE-2026-53432 on Ubuntu — fzf

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

fzf is vulnerable to Integer Overflow leading to crash in FuzzyMatchV2 function. When input line length is approximately 2,200,000 bytes and pattern length is 999 bytes, the product overflows. The Go runtime detects the invalid slice bounds and terminates the process immediately with a non-recoverable panic. This issue was fixed in version 0.73.1.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-53432 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package fzf. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53432 is recorded against 1 package.

  • fzf

Timeline and source

Published on 30 June 2026 and last revised on 3 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
cert.pl (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-30
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-03
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
fzf — —

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