Upstream information
Description
go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to version 5.17.1, go-git's index decoder for format version 4 fails to validate the path name prefix length before applying it to the previously decoded path name. A maliciously crafted index file can trigger an out-of-bounds slice operation, resulting in a runtime panic during normal index parsing. This issue only affects Git index format version 4. Earlier formats (go-git supports only v2 and v3) are not vulnerable to this issue. This issue has been patched in version 5.17.1.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having low severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (GitHub) |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 2.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 GA govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20260916T180043-160100.1.1 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64) |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 GA govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20260916T180043-160100.1.1 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64) |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Thu Jul 30 15:06:30 2026CVE page last modified: Wed Oct 28 14:01:52 2026