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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-91986

gitoxide gix-transport before 0.59.2 fails to filter control characters in git-daemon connect requests, allowing attackers to inject NUL/CR/LF bytes v...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

gitoxide gix-transport before 0.59.2 fails to filter control characters in git-daemon connect requests, allowing attackers to inject NUL/CR/LF bytes via crafted git URLs. Attackers can inject extra NUL-delimited protocol fields to spoof virtual hosts or inject newlines into daemon requests and logs.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS rust-gix-transport

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

Ubuntu:26.10 rust-gix-transport

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

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS rust-gix-transport

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

References

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