# CVE-2026-53432: Integer Overflow in fzf

- Severity: CVSS 5.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.73.1
- Published: 2026-06-30 · Updated: 2026-06-30

## Affected

- fzf: fixed in 0.73.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on fzf, upgrade to a fixed version (0.73.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/06/CVE-2026-53432
- https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
- https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/commit/ccedd064ca56921a4235219516b3d834f60e7b91

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