CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-34165

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2026-03-31 Modified 2026-07-24 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-03-31
Last modified
2026-07-24
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-191, CWE-770

Description

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. From version 5.0.0 to before version 5.17.1, 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. This issue has been patched in version 5.17.1.

Affected configurations

• go-git project go-git (>= 5.0.0 < 5.17.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

References