CVE-2026-53587 (GCVE-0-2026-53587)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 18:36 – Updated: 2026-08-20 19:18
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
libgit2 - Unauthenticated network-reachable heap out-of-bounds read in transports/smart_pkt.c:set_data
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-20 19:18 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/security/advis… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/2c0ce8c… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/affda60… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/d7a9fb8… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v1.8.6 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v1.9.5 | x_refsource_MISC |
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