๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-109351

MEDIUM 6.5

Gitoxide gix-pack before 0.75.0 Denial of Service via Pack Header Object Count

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Gitoxide gix-pack before 0.75.0 contains an uncontrolled memory allocation vulnerability that allows remote attackers to abort the process by supplying a huge pack-header object count. Malicious remotes can serve a 12-byte pack header claiming 0xFFFFFFFF objects, forcing Tree::with_capacity to reserve hundreds of gigabytes and crash clone or fetch operations.

CWE CWE-770
Vendor gitoxidelabs
Product gix-pack
Published Oct 12, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

GitoxideLabs / gix-pack
0 < 0.75.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-x862-c2wj-4mwr vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitoxide-gix-pack-before-0.75.0-denial-of-service-via-pack-header-object-count

Credits

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