Description
gitoxide gix-packetline versions before 0.21.5 contain a panic vulnerability in the TextRef implementation that occurs when processing side-band packet lines with empty payloads. A malicious Git server can send a crafted side-band packet to trigger an index out of bounds panic, aborting the client process during fetch operations without authentication.
Published: 2026-08-28
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description gitoxide gix-packetline versions before 0.21.5 contain a panic vulnerability in the TextRef implementation that occurs when processing side-band packet lines with empty payloads. A malicious Git server can send a crafted side-band packet to trigger an index out of bounds panic, aborting the client process during fetch operations without authentication.
Title gitoxide gix-packetline before 0.21.5 Denial of Service
First Time appeared Gitoxidelabs
Gitoxidelabs gitoxide
Weaknesses CWE-191
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitoxidelabs:gitoxide:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitoxidelabs
Gitoxidelabs gitoxide
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


Subscriptions

Gitoxidelabs Gitoxide
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-28T15:52:43.900Z

Reserved: 2026-08-28T10:37:51.949Z

Link: CVE-2026-82250

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-28T12:16:36.957

Modified: 2026-08-28T18:54:09.323

Link: CVE-2026-82250

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T15:30:07Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-191

    Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)