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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
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:N