rust-gix-packetline — security advisory
gitoxide gix-packetline versions before 0.21.5 contain a panic vulnerability in the TextRef implementation that occurs when processing side-band packet lines with empty payloads. A malicious Git server can send a crafted side-band packet to trigger an index out of bounds panic, aborting the client process during fetch operations without authentication.
- Products
- rust-gix-packetline
- Affected versions
- 0.16.6-1, 0.16.7-1, 0.18.2-1, 0.18.2-2, 0.19.1-1, 0.21.3-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-82250
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 03:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
gitoxide gix-packetline versions before 0.21.5 contain a panic vulnerability in the TextRef implementation that occurs when processing side-band packet lines with empty payloads. A malicious Git server can send a crafted side-band packet to trigger an index out of bounds panic, aborting the client process during fetch operations without authentication.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82250
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Complete source record
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