CVE-2026-82251: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitoxideLabs gitoxide
gitoxide before 0.52.1 fails to validate submodule names from .gitmodules configuration, allowing path traversal when deriving submodule git directories. Attackers can craft malicious submodule names with traversal segments to redirect state() and open() functions to repositories outside .git/modules, causing repository confusion and inspection of attacker-controlled repositories.
CVE-2026-82251: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitoxideLabs gitoxide
Description
gitoxide before 0.52.1 fails to validate submodule names from .gitmodules configuration, allowing path traversal when deriving submodule git directories. Attackers can craft malicious submodule names with traversal segments to redirect state() and open() functions to repositories outside .git/modules, causing repository confusion and inspection of attacker-controlled repositories.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.7high
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-28T10:37:51.949Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a916f93acd9273b49cf92ee
Added to database: 08/28/2026, 11:22:59 UTC
Last updated: 08/29/2026, 01:31:43 UTC
Views: 8
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