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Medium severity5.0NVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2026· Updated Apr 2, 2026

CVE-2026-34165

CVE-2026-34165

Description

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. From version 5.0.0 to before version 5.17.1, a vulnerability has been identified in which a maliciously crafted .idx file can cause asymmetric memory consumption, potentially exhausting available memory and resulting in a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Exploitation requires write access to the local repository's .git directory, it order to create or alter existing .idx files. This issue has been patched in version 5.17.1.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
github.com/go-git/go-git/v5Go
>= 5.0.0, < 5.17.15.17.1

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