rust-gix — security advisory

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  "id": "1f1c4219e58a79cabe4fc65731171ba57dd11093dac401c2e301366913cba68f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109349",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109349",
    "summary": "gitoxide gix-pack before 0.75.0 contains a reachable assertion in BytesToEntriesIter::new_from_header: the pack header decoder accepts version 3, but a release-enabled assert_eq! requires version 2. A malicious remote can send a 12-byte pack header declaring version 3 to panic the client and abort the clone or fetch.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109349",
    "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-2026-109349",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109349"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        },
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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-2026-109349.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-2026-109349.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "librust-gix-dev",
                "binary_version": "0.73.0-1build1"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:59:50.189036776Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-109349"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-109349",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109349",
        "https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-633h-mqjc-8rwg",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gix-pack-before-0.75.0-reachable-assertion-dos-via-pack-version-3-header"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-109349",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/1/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 359821,
  "published_at": "2026-10-12T17:17:00+00:00"
}