CVE-2026-34165

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 100% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: March 31, 2026 (101 days ago)
Last Modified: March 31, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. From version 5.0.0 to before version 5.17.1, a vulnerability has been identified in which a maliciously crafted .idx file can cause asymmetric memory consumption, potentially exhausting available memory and resulting in a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Exploitation requires write access to the local repository's .git directory, it order to create or alter existing .idx files. This issue has been patched in version 5.17.1.

CWE

CWE-770

Affected Products

Assisted Installer for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 2Builds for Red Hat OpenShiftConfidential Compute AttestationExternal Secrets Operator for Red Hat OpenShiftKernel Module Management Operator for Red Hat OpenshiftLogging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShiftLogical Volume Manager StorageMachine Deletion Remediation OperatorMigration Toolkit for ContainersMigration Toolkit for Virtualization

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 github.com 🔗 github.com