CVE-2026-82249

gitoxide before 0.38.2 fails to validate carriage return characters in URL values passed to credential helpers. Attackers can supply URLs containing bare carriage returns to inject additional helper protocol fields and cause credential helpers to return credentials for attacker-specified hosts instead of the requested URL.

CVSS v3 3.1 LOW

3.1^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-6wr8-3w4h-j9wj
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitoxide-before-0.38.2-credential-helper-protocol-field-injection

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-28 12:16

Updated : 2026-08-28 20:20

NVD link : CVE-2026-82249

Mitre link : CVE-2026-82249

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-82249

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-116

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

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