ghsa-r9px-m959-cxf4
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-01-06 16:20
Modified
2025-08-27 14:24
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
go-git clients vulnerable to DoS via maliciously crafted Git server replies
Details

Impact

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in go-git versions prior to v5.13. This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform denial of service attacks by providing specially crafted responses from a Git server which triggers resource exhaustion in go-git clients.

This is a go-git implementation issue and does not affect the upstream git cli.

Patches

Users running versions of go-git from v4 and above are recommended to upgrade to v5.13 in order to mitigate this vulnerability.

Workarounds

In cases where a bump to the latest version of go-git is not possible, we recommend limiting its use to only trust-worthy Git servers.

Credit

Thanks to Ionut Lalu for responsibly disclosing this vulnerability to us.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "4.13.1"
            }
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
      },
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            {
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            },
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      },
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            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "4.13.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-21614"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20",
      "CWE-400",
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-01-06T16:20:28Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-01-06T17:15:47Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nA denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in go-git versions prior to `v5.13`. This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform denial of service attacks by providing specially crafted responses from a Git server which triggers resource exhaustion in `go-git` clients. \n\nThis is a `go-git` implementation issue and does not affect the upstream `git` cli.\n\n### Patches\nUsers running versions of `go-git` from `v4` and above are recommended to upgrade to `v5.13` in order to mitigate this vulnerability.\n\n### Workarounds\nIn cases where a bump to the latest version of `go-git` is not possible, we recommend limiting its use to only trust-worthy Git servers.\n\n## Credit\nThanks to Ionut Lalu for responsibly disclosing this vulnerability to us.",
  "id": "GHSA-r9px-m959-cxf4",
  "modified": "2025-08-27T14:24:37Z",
  "published": "2025-01-06T16:20:28Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/go-git/go-git/security/advisories/GHSA-r9px-m959-cxf4"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21614"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/go-git/go-git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "go-git clients vulnerable to DoS via maliciously crafted Git server replies"
}


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