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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2026-82252 json

gitoxide before 0.52.1 Repository Boundary Violation via symlinked .gitmodules

published 2026-05-05 6 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-pg4w-g64p-qwhj , EUVD-2026-67704

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

gitoxide before 0.52.1 follows symlinks when reading the worktree .gitmodules file, allowing attackers to inject out-of-repository bytes into submodule metadata. Attackers can create a malicious repository with a symlinked .gitmodules pointing outside the repository tree, causing gitoxide to parse arbitrary external files as submodule configuration and expose attacker-controlled name, path, and url values.

Patch / fix

  • crates.io gitoxide 0.52.1
  • crates.io gix 0.83.0
  • GitoxideLabs gitoxide 0.52.1, 0.82.0
  • rust-gix Debian 14 0.83.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-82252

  • rust Azure Linux 3.0 1.75.0-30
  • rust Azure Linux 3.0 1.96.1-2

azure linux advisories AZL-98415AZL-98427

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-pg4w-g64p-qwhj referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 4.0 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/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 packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io gitoxide
<0.52.1
0.52.1
crates.io gix
<0.83.0
0.83.0

Affected products

  • GitoxideLabs gitoxide

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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