gitoxide before 0.38.2 Credential Helper Protocol Field Injection
Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-116Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00267 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed gitoxide (GitoxideLabs): 0.38.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitoxideLabs | gitoxide | before 0.38.2 | 0.38.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- gitoxide VendorGitoxideLabs Affected before 0.38.2 Fixed in 0.38.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA gitoxide (GitoxideLabs) Fixed in 0.38.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-82249
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m78c-xpg9-p5ww
References
More GitoxideLabs vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-56719 gitoxide before 0.69.0 Denial of Service via gix-pack CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-56718 gitoxide before 0.82.0 Path Traversal via Submodule Name Validation Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-56717 gitoxide before 0.52.1 Repository Boundary Violation via symlinked .gitmodules CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-56716 gitoxide before 0.52.1 Path Traversal via Submodule Name CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-56712 gitoxide before 0.37.1 HTTP Basic credential leak via URL parsing CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-32410 gitoxide: Symlink prefix-reuse allows worktree escape during checkout CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-82249 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-82249 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m78c-xpg9-p5ww · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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