CVE-2026-82248 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-82248: gitoxide before 0.33.0 Path Traversal via symlink following

Vendor Gitoxidelabs
Product gitoxide
Weakness CWE-59
Published August 28, 2026
Last update August 28, 2026

CVSS base score

6.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

gix-worktree-state before 0.33.0 (part of gitoxide) allows writing files outside the worktree on Windows. gix_worktree_state::checkout() follows an existing terminal symlink during non-exclusive (incremental) materialization (destination_is_initially_empty: false) when core.symlinks is true. If a symlink entry (mode 120000) is first checked out at a path P pointing outside the worktree, a subsequent incremental checkout of a regular-file entry (mode 100644) at the same path follows the existing reparse point and writes the blob content through the link, overwriting files outside the worktree.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 28, 2026 CVE published