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CVE-2026-71557mediumCWE-22

go-git: Malicious reference names may modify files outside the reference storage

33Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendcvss 6.3epss 0.3%
from disclosure to weapon1 days
Published on NVDAug 7
1st PoC+1d
exploitation probability
0.3%top 72% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to 5.19.2 and 6.0.0-alpha.5, reference names are not sanitized before being used to construct on-disk paths under the reference storage directory, so a maliciously crafted reference name (for example containing directory-traversal sequences) can cause go-git to write files outside the intended reference storage directory. Versions 5.19.2 and 6.0.0-alpha.5 fix the issue.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Affected products
go-git · go-git
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