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libgit2 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53583

libgit2 is a portable C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a linkable library with a solid API, allowing to build Git functionality into your application. Prior to 1.8.6 and 1.9.5, verify_server_cert in src/libgit2/streams/openssl.c uses an inverted !!memcmp result in the GEN_IPADD branch when comparing an IP-literal host with a certificate IP SubjectAltName. OpenSSL builds reject matching IP addresses and accept mismatched IP addresses, allowing a network attacker with a CA-trusted certificate containing any IP SubjectAltName to intercept libgit2 connections to IP-literal HTTPS URLs. DNS SubjectAltName validation and non-OpenSSL TLS backends are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.6 and 1.9.5.

Products
libgit2
Affected versions
1.9.0+ds-2, 1.9.1+ds-1, 1.9.2+ds-1, 1.9.2+ds-2, 1.9.2+ds-3, 1.9.2+ds-4, 1.9.2+ds-5, 1.9.2+ds-6, 1.9.2+ds-7, 1.9.2+ds-8, 1.9.2+ds-9, 1.9.3+ds-1, 1.9.4+ds-1
Fixed versions
1.9.0+ds-2+deb13u1, 1.9.6+ds-1
CVEs
CVE-2026-53583
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 10:03 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53583

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Aug 2026, 19:16 UTC

libgit2 is a portable C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a linkable library with a solid API, allowing to build Git functionality into your application. Prior to 1.8.6 and 1.9.5, verify_server_cert in src/libgit2/streams/openssl.c uses an inverted !!memcmp result in the GEN_IPADD branch when comparing an IP-literal host with a certificate IP SubjectAltName. OpenSSL builds reject matching IP addresses and accept mismatched IP addresses, allowing a network attacker with a CA-trusted certificate containing any IP SubjectAltName to intercept libgit2 connections to IP-literal HTTPS URLs. DNS SubjectAltName validation and non-OpenSSL TLS backends are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.6 and 1.9.5.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53583

libgit2

Fixed versions: 1.9.0+ds-2+deb13u1

libgit2

Fixed versions: 1.9.6+ds-1

Complete source record
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