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GHSA-m7cr-m3pv-hgrp go-git: Improper single-quote escaping in go-git SSH transport

LOW Published 2026-05-19 Modified 2026-06-08 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-45570
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/go-git/go-git/v5, github.com/go-git/go-git/v6, github.com/go-git/go-git
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
Weaknesses
CWE-116
Reviewed
2026-05-19

Affected packages

• Go github.com/go-git/go-git/v5: < 5.19.1 → fixed in 5.19.1 • Go github.com/go-git/go-git/v6: < 6.0.0-alpha.4 → fixed in 6.0.0-alpha.4 • Go github.com/go-git/go-git: <= 4.7.0 (no fix yet)

Description

Impact `go-git`'s SSH transport constructs the remote exec command by wrapping the repository path in single quotes without escaping single quotes embedded inside the path. This diverges from canonical Git, which shell-quotes the path through `sq_quote_buf` so that an embedded `'` becomes the `'\''` close-escape-reopen sequence and the whole path round-trips as a single quoted argument. A repository path containing a single quote can therefore break out of the quoted region in the exec command and be appended as additional shell tokens. On SSH servers that evaluate the exec command through a shell (for example a user account whose login shell is `/bin/sh` or `/bin/bash`, or a `ForceCommand` wrapper that re-evaluates `$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND`), those additional tokens execute in that account's command-execution context. SSH servers that tokenize the exec command without shell evaluation, including the canonical `git-shell` setup, are not affected. The vulnerable behaviour is on the SSH server side, not in `go-git`: the same bytes can be produced by any SSH client. The change in `go-git` is defense-in-depth that restores parity with canonical Git's wire format and prevents `go-git` from being a vehicle for reaching shell-evaluating servers through attacker-influenced repository paths. Patches Users should upgrade to a patched version in order to mitigate this issue. The fix ports `sq_quote_buf` from canonical Git into `go-git`'s SSH transport so that the wire output is byte-identical to what `git` itself would send for the same input. Versions prior to `v5` are likely to be affected, users are recommended to upgrade to a supported go-git version. Credit Thanks to @N0zoM1z0 for reporting this to the `go-git` project. :bow:

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-45570 go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output weakness

References