{"id":"CVE-2026-41506","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-41506","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T05:59:27.022Z","title":"Prior to versions 5.18.0 and 6.0.0-alpha.2, go-git may leak HTTP authentication credentials when following redirects during smart-HTTP clone and fetch operations.","description":"go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to versions 5.18.0 and 6.0.0-alpha.2, go-git may leak HTTP authentication credentials when following redirects during smart-HTTP clone and fetch operations. This issue has been patched in versions 5.18.0 and 6.0.0-alpha.2.","published":"2026-05-08T14:16:34.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:46:49.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-522"],"affected":["go-git project/go-git"],"epss":{"score":0.00259,"percentile":0.17479,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/go-git/go-git/releases/tag/v5.18.0","tags":["Product","Release Notes"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/go-git/go-git/releases/tag/v6.0.0-alpha.2","tags":["Product","Release Notes"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/go-git/go-git/security/advisories/GHSA-3xc5-wrhm-f963","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41506","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}