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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82251

gitoxide before 0.52.1 fails to validate submodule names from .gitmodules configuration, allowing path traversal when deriving submodule git directori...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

gitoxide before 0.52.1 fails to validate submodule names from .gitmodules configuration, allowing path traversal when deriving submodule git directories. Attackers can craft malicious submodule names with traversal segments to redirect state() and open() functions to repositories outside .git/modules, causing repository confusion and inspection of attacker-controlled repositories.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Ubuntu:26.10 rust-gix

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS rust-gix

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

References

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