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FKIE_CVE-2026-40034

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-26 15:16 - Updated: 2026-07-24 11:10
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
gix-submodule before 0.29.0 (gitoxide before 0.5.21, gix before 0.84.0) incorrectly validates the update field in .gitmodules, allowing attackers to bypass the CommandForbiddenInModulesConfiguration guard when a submodule has been initialized with only partial configuration in .git/config. An attacker can inject arbitrary shell commands via the update field in .gitmodules that will be executed when Submodule::update() is called on a previously-initialized submodule, enabling remote code execution.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/commit/6a2e6a436f76c8bbf2487f9967413a51356667a0
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/commit/dd5c18d9e526e8de462fa40aa047acd097cfa7dc
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-f26g-jm89-4g65
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://red.anthropic.com/2026/cvd/findings/ANT-2026-6SNS6KMP
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitoxide-command-injection-via-partial-gitmodules-override-in-gix-submodule
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-f26g-jm89-4g65
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