CVE-2026-109348 json
Gitoxide gix-mailmap before 0.35.0 CPU Denial of Service via .mailmap Parsing
published 2026-10-12 27 d ago modified 2026-10-16 23 d ago also EUVD-2026-97650
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Gitoxide gix-mailmap before 0.35.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to exhaust CPU through quadratic-time parsing in Snapshot::from_bytes. Attackers can commit a crafted .mailmap with descending-ordered entries forcing repeated front inserts, blocking workers running log, blame, or shortlog for minutes.
Patch / fix
- GitoxideLabs gix-mailmap 0.35.0
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-109348 updated cvss 4.3
gix-mailmap: gix-mailmap: Denial of Service via crafted .mailmap file
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 26 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-pmpw-wwcm-r8rc referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- GitoxideLabs gix-mailmap
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
References
-
github.com
/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-pmpw-wwcm-r8rc
vendor-advisory, exploit
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vulncheck.com
/advisories/gitoxide-gix-mailmap-before-0.35.0-cpu-denial-of-service-via-mailmap-parsing
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-109348
- NVD CVE-2026-109348
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