rust-gix, rust-gix-validate — security advisory
gitoxide (Rust crates gix <= 0.72.0 and gix-validate <= 0.10.0) contains a path traversal vulnerability. The submodule name validation function in gix-validate only checks the first occurrence of '..' via name.find(b".."), allowing crafted names such as 'a..b/../../../.git/' to bypass the check; additionally this validation is never invoked in production code paths. Combined with a trust inheritance flaw in Submodule::open(), where the parent repository's git_dir_trust (Trust::Full) is cloned and the ownership verification is skipped, an attacker can craft a malicious .gitmodules file so that a victim tool built on gitoxide reads arbitrary git repository configuration (including embedded credentials) with full trust, bypassing safe-directory protections. Fixed in gix 0.82.0 and gix-validate 0.11.1.
- Products
- rust-gix, rust-gix-validate
- Affected versions
- 0.10.1-1, 0.11.3-1, 0.69.1-1, 0.69.1-2, 0.73.0-1, 0.73.0-1build1, 0.8.0-1, 0.83.0-2, 0.9.2-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-82253
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 03:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
gitoxide (Rust crates gix <= 0.72.0 and gix-validate <= 0.10.0) contains a path traversal vulnerability. The submodule name validation function in gix-validate only checks the first occurrence of '..' via name.find(b".."), allowing crafted names such as 'a..b/../../../.git/' to bypass the check; additionally this validation is never invoked in production code paths. Combined with a trust inheritance flaw in Submodule::open(), where the parent repository's git_dir_trust (Trust::Full) is cloned and the ownership verification is skipped, an attacker can craft a malicious .gitmodules file so that a victim tool built on gitoxide reads arbitrary git repository configuration (including embedded credentials) with full trust, bypassing safe-directory protections. Fixed in gix 0.82.0 and gix-validate 0.11.1.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82253
rust-gix-validate
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rust-gix
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rust-gix-validate
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rust-gix
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rust-gix-validate
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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