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GHSA-jhf3-xxhw-2wpp

go-git: Maliciously crafted idx file can cause asymmetric memory consumption

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2026-34165

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
Go github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 >= 5.0.0, < 5.17.1 5.17.1

Details

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### Impact A vulnerability has been identified in which a maliciously crafted `.idx` file can cause asymmetric memory consumption, potentially exhausting available memory and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Exploitation requires write access to the local repository's `.git` directory, it order to create or alter existing `.idx` files. ### Patches Users should upgrade to `v5.17.1`, or the latest `v6` [pseudo-version](https://go.dev/ref/mod#pseudo-versions), in order to mitigate this vulnerability. ### Credit The go-git maintainers thank @kq5y for finding and reporting this issue privately to the `go-git` project.

References

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