Description
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, libgit2 performs a fixed-size strncmp in set_data in src/libgit2/transports/smart_pkt.c without first verifying that the smart-protocol pkt-line capability buffer contains 14 bytes. A malicious Git server can make bytes after the pkt-line complete object-format=, causing format_str to advance beyond the pkt-line and the following memchr length calculation to underflow. The resulting heap out-of-bounds walk can crash a client during the first refs-advertisement packet over HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, or the Git protocol. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.6 and 1.9.5.
References7
- github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/2c0ce8c0132ac38ab0db28239462a…
- github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/affda60c10fcef16723451c0d7dc7…
- github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/d7a9fb87f504434e9f45228678953…
- github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v1.8.6
- github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v1.9.5
- github.com/libgit2/libgit2/security/advisories/GHSA-pm24-4jhq-3…
- github.com/libgit2/libgit2/security/advisories/GHSA-pm24-4jhq-3…
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.5
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 41 · as of 10 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-20CWE-125CWE-126CWE-1284
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