HIGHCVE-2026-40034Published Modified CNA VulnCheck
CVE-2026-40034: gitoxide - Command Injection via Partial .gitmodules Override in gix-submodule
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.
Metrics
- CVSS v4.0
- 7.3
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- 0.5.21
- Affected Products
- 3
Fix available
0.5.210.29.00.84.0
Affected packages
- gitoxide / gitoxide< 0.5.21 (from 0)Fixed in 0.5.21
- gitoxide / gix-submodule< 0.29.0 (from 0)Fixed in 0.29.0
- gitoxide / gix< 0.84.0 (from 0)Fixed in 0.84.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NReferences
- GHSA Advisory GHSA-f26g-jm89-4g65
- https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/commit/6a2e6a436f76c8bbf2487f9967413a51356667a0
- https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/commit/dd5c18d9e526e8de462fa40aa047acd097cfa7dc
- Anthropic CVD Finding ANT-2026-6SNS6KMP
- VulnCheck Advisory: gitoxide - Command Injection via Partial .gitmodules Override in gix-submodule