CVE-2026-71557
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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
- 6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/go-git/go-git/commit/4a0e66d555de5f9a30c31e2df64f445f42bd01e7
- https://github.com/go-git/go-git/commit/da9f7d8a0e98b475600177348d6ece384a370f36
- https://github.com/go-git/go-git/pull/2247
- https://github.com/go-git/go-git/pull/2254
- https://github.com/go-git/go-git/releases/tag/v5.19.2
- https://github.com/go-git/go-git/releases/tag/v6.0.0-alpha.5
- https://github.com/go-git/go-git/security/advisories/GHSA-qgq7-7hm3-q39j
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.