CVE-2026-91986

Public on 2026-09-15

Modified on 2026-09-16

Description

gitoxide gix-transport before 0.59.2 fails to filter control characters in git-daemon connect requests, allowing attackers to inject NUL/CR/LF bytes via crafted git URLs. Attackers can inject extra NUL-delimited protocol fields to spoof virtual hosts or inject newlines into daemon requests and logs.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.4

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	rust	Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023	rust	Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview	rust	Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023	rust-cargo-c	Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview	rust-cargo-c	Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2026-91986 Mitre: CVE-2026-91986