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CVE-2026-53584 json

libgit2: Submodule path traversal

published 2mo ago modified 14d ago also EUVD-2026-63546 , JLSEC-2026-1370

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

libgit2 is a portable C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a linkable library with a solid API, allowing to build Git functionality into your application. Prior to 1.8.6 and 1.9.5, libgit2 does not reject traversal components in a submodule path loaded from .gitmodules. The affected src/libgit2/submodule.c paths include git_submodule_lookup and git_submodule_add_setup. A crafted repository can specify a path such as ../escape-target, and applications that initialize the submodule can create directories outside the repository working tree. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.6 and 1.9.5.

Patch / fix

  • julia LibGit2_jll 1.9.6+0
  • libgit2 libgit2 1.8.6, 1.9.5
  • libgit2 Debian 12 1.5.1+ds-1+deb12u2
  • libgit2 Debian 13 1.9.0+ds-2+deb13u1
  • libgit2 Debian 14 1.9.6+ds-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53584

  • libgit2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.7.2+ds-1ubuntu3.1
  • libgit2 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 1.9.1+ds-1ubuntu1.1
  • libgit2 Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 0.28.4+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
  • libgit2 Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 1.1.0+dfsg.1-4.1ubuntu0.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53584

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libgit2 hummingbird 1 1.9.7-1.hum1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:59361

  • libgit2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.9.6-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11315-1

  • libgit2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 1.9.6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-53584

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libgit2 Azure Linux 3.0 1.7.2-3

azure linux advisories AZL-96974

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-53584 updated cvss 3.5

libgit2: libgit2: Submodule path traversal allows arbitrary directory creation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libgit2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rust, cargo, clippy, rustfmt, rust-gdb, rust-src, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 rust Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 rust, libgit2
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Hardened Images libgit2 1.9.7-1.hum1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:59361

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
OSV 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia LibGit2_jll
<1.9.6+0
1.9.6+0

Affected products

  • libgit2 libgit2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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