gitingest before 9996a06 mishandles symbolic links that point outside of the base directory.
Priority LOW 25CWE-59Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
gitingest before 9996a06 mishandles symbolic links that point outside of the base directory.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00367 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-56074
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hx59-p22r-49rv
References
Other 5
- https://gitingest.com/
- https://github.com/cyclotruc/gitingest/pull/23
- https://github.com/cyclotruc/gitingest/commit/9996a06a94450497c1abb35997f5e6cbc9b571ff
- https://github.com/cyclotruc/gitingest/blob/9996a06a94450497c1abb35997f5e6cbc9b571ff/src/ingest.py#L22-L30
- https://github.com/cyclotruc/gitingest/blob/9996a06a94450497c1abb35997f5e6cbc9b571ff/src/ingest.py#L99-L100
Sources
- CVE-2024-56074 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-56074 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hx59-p22r-49rv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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