CVE-2026-82252 HIGH

CVE-2026-82252: gitoxide before 0.52.1 Repository Boundary Violation via symlinked .gitmodules

Vendor Gitoxidelabs
Product gitoxide
Weakness CWE-59
Published August 28, 2026
Last update August 29, 2026

CVSS base score

8.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 28, 2026 CVE published
August 29, 2026 Record updated