CVE-2026-53585
MEDIUM
5,3
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: low
Description
AI Translation Available
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, git_delta_apply in src/libgit2/delta.c trusts the attacker-controlled res_sz value parsed by hdr_sz from a delta object header and passes that amount to git__malloc before validating delta instructions. Malicious pack data supplied through git_clone, git_fetch, git_remote_fetch, git_indexer_append, or a local attacker-supplied repository can use a very small multi-level OFS_DELTA chain to retain extremely large allocations and exhaust memory. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.6 and 1.9.5.
770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
IncompleteCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Other)
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/0cdfdd5fa8f8514c82413025e1e0808866cf7…
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/c1896f06df22cc0ca5658df3a8f6cd7ede4cd…
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/dec22ac01ad9620c96b7b9ac3ef636ea46d43…
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v1.8.6
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v1.9.5
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/security/advisories/GHSA-27m5-gxxh-x79j