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, libgit2 does not reject traversal components in a submodule path loaded from .gitmodules. The affected src/libgit2/submodule.c paths include git_submodule_lookup and git_submodule_add_setup. A crafted repository can specify a path such as ../escape-target, and applications that initialize the submodule can create directories outside the repository working tree. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.6 and 1.9.5.
Published: 2026-08-20
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6453-1 libgit2 security update
History

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Libgit2
Libgit2 libgit2
Vendors & Products Libgit2
Libgit2 libgit2

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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, libgit2 does not reject traversal components in a submodule path loaded from .gitmodules. The affected src/libgit2/submodule.c paths include git_submodule_lookup and git_submodule_add_setup. A crafted repository can specify a path such as ../escape-target, and applications that initialize the submodule can create directories outside the repository working tree. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.6 and 1.9.5.
Title libgit2: Submodule path traversal
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T19:48:17.848Z

Reserved: 2026-06-09T19:11:53.484Z

Link: CVE-2026-53584

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T19:48:14.383Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-20T19:16:54.680

Modified: 2026-08-20T20:17:34.427

Link: CVE-2026-53584

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T20:30:05Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-22

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')