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CVE-2026-91986VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-91986· Medium 5.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium : upgrade SUSE gitoxide to 0.59.2 when convenient.

Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 20:17 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.59.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 15 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade gitoxide and gitoxidelabs/gitoxide to 0.59.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
GitoxideLabsgitoxideAffected
  • <0.59.2
Fixed in
  • 0.59.2
GitHubgitoxidelabs/gitoxidepkg:github/gitoxidelabs/gitoxideOther threatsAffected
  • <0.59.2
Fixed in
  • 0.59.2

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AI-suggested

A fixed version of gitoxide including gix-transport 0.60.0 is available that addresses CVE-2026-91986 and other security improvements. Users should update to version 0.60.0 or later to ensure these fixes are applied. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

This security update for gitoxide addresses multiple issues including a fix for CVE-2026-91986, which involves rejecting NUL and LF characters in git-daemon connect requests. The update also includes various security improvements and more consistent error handling across plumbing crates. The vulnerability fixed by CVE-2026-91986 was backported previously but is now fixed upstream in gix-transport 0.60.0. The update involves changes to progress UI, trace output configuration, and worktree management among other enhancements.

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