Upstream information

CVE-2026-53583 at MITRE

Description

libgit2 is a portable C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a linkable library with a solid API, allowing to build Git functionality into your application. Prior to 1.8.6 and 1.9.5, verify_server_cert in src/libgit2/streams/openssl.c uses an inverted !!memcmp result in the GEN_IPADD branch when comparing an IP-literal host with a certificate IP SubjectAltName. OpenSSL builds reject matching IP addresses and accept mismatched IP addresses, allowing a network attacker with a CA-trusted certificate containing any IP SubjectAltName to intercept libgit2 connections to IP-literal HTTPS URLs. DNS SubjectAltName validation and non-OpenSSL TLS backends are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.6 and 1.9.5.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (GitHub) SUSE
Base Score 6.5 7.4
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low High
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low None
Integrity Impact Low High
Availability Impact None High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1271698 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libgit2-1_9 >= 1.9.6-1.1
  • libgit2-devel >= 1.9.6-1.1
  • libgit2-tools >= 1.9.6-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-11315


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 libgit2 Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 libgit2 Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Server Module 4.3 libgit2 Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Server Module 4.0 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Server Module 4.1 libgit2 Affected
SUSE Manager Server Module 4.2 libgit2 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 libgit2 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 libgit2 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 libgit2 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 libgit2 Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sun Jul 19 14:32:12 2026
CVE page last modified: Fri Aug 28 20:06:59 2026