CVE-2026-82252 — gitoxide before 0.52.1 Repository Boundary Violation via symlinked .gitmodules
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 c…
Published: 2026-08-28 · CVSS: 8.7 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7