CVE-2026-82250 PUBLISHED

gitoxide gix-packetline before 0.21.5 Denial of Service

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 28.08.2026 Published: 28.08.2026 Updated: 28.08.2026

gitoxide gix-packetline versions before 0.21.5 contain a panic vulnerability in the TextRef implementation that occurs when processing side-band packet lines with empty payloads. A malicious Git server can send a crafted side-band packet to trigger an index out of bounds panic, aborting the client process during fetch operations without authentication.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Passive

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.5

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	GitoxideLabs
Product	gitoxide
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 0.21.5 (excl.) Version 0.21.5 is unaffected

CVE-2026-82250 PUBLISHED

gitoxide gix-packetline before 0.21.5 Denial of Service

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