MinorCritical vulnerability
CVE-2026-109349 (CVSS 7.1)
NVD · officialPublished Oct 12, 2026Risk 23/100
gitoxide gix-pack before 0.75.0 contains a reachable assertion in BytesToEntriesIter::new_from_header: the pack header decoder accepts version 3, but a release-enabled assert_eq! requires version 2. A malicious remote can send a 12-byte pack header declaring version 3 to panic the client and abort the clone or fetch.
Technical details
CVSS
7.1
AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:NoneUI:Passive
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