What is GHSA-7849-h6h3-vww8?

GHSA-7849-h6h3-vww8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. gitoxide gix-transport before 0.59.2 fails to filter control characters in git-daemon connect...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-7849-h6h3-vww8 cover?

GHSA-7849-h6h3-vww8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-91986. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-7849-h6h3-vww8?

GHSA-7849-h6h3-vww8 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-7849-h6h3-vww8MediumCVSS 5.4

gitoxide gix-transport before 0.59.2 fails to filter control characters in git-daemon connect...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 15, 2026

Last Modified

September 15, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-91986 →

📋 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.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-rc7h-wp5f-w3g5
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-91986
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitoxide-gix-transport-before-0.59.2-cr-lf-nul-injection
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7849-h6h3-vww8