rust-gix — security advisory

{
  "id": "e70fd89b82a66e2b1ce5998b4b1f406bfa3bea599972240342903b2e53b47d3e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82252",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82252",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82252",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "rust-gix",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.73.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.83.0-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "rust-gix",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.69.1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.69.1-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.73.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.73.0-1build1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82252",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82252"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        },
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "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"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "rust-gix",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-gix?arch=source&distro=stonking",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "0.73.0-1",
            "0.83.0-2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82252.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "librust-gix-dev",
                "binary_version": "0.83.0-2"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "rust-gix",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-gix?arch=source&distro=resolute",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"
          },
          "versions": [
            "0.69.1-1",
            "0.69.1-2",
            "0.73.0-1",
            "0.73.0-1build1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82252.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "librust-gix-dev",
                "binary_version": "0.73.0-1build1"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T13:01:11.563018441Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-82252"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-82252",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82252",
        "https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-pg4w-g64p-qwhj",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitoxide-before-0.52.1-repository-boundary-violation-via-symlinked-gitmodules"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-82252",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/1/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 361186,
  "published_at": "2026-08-28T12:16:00+00:00"
}