🛡️ CVE-2026-34165
🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. From version 5.0.0 to before version 5.17.1, a vulnerability has been identified in which a maliciously crafted .idx file can cause asymmetric memory consumption, potentially exhausting available memory and resulting in a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Exploitation requires write access to the local repository's .git directory, it order to create or alter existing .idx files. This issue has been patched in version 5.17.1.

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-04-07
Updated 2026-06-15
Modified 2026-04-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/go-git/go-git — —
github.com/go-git/go-git/v4 — —
github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 — —
go-git 5.0.0 5.17.1

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