{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82252","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-02T16:28:28Z","published":"2026-08-28T12:16:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-82252"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-82252"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82252"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-pg4w-g64p-qwhj"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitoxide-before-0.52.1-repository-boundary-violation-via-symlinked-gitmodules"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rust-gix","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-gix?arch=source&distro=resolute"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.69.1-1","0.69.1-2","0.73.0-1","0.73.0-1build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"librust-gix-dev","binary_version":"0.73.0-1build1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82252.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"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"}]}