CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2023-49569
Critical (9.8) in go-git project go-git. EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 5.11.0.
A path traversal vulnerability was discovered in go-git versions prior to v5.11. This vulnerability allows an attacker to create and amend files across the filesystem. In the worse case scenario, remote code execution could be achieved.
Applications are only affected if they are using the ChrootOS https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/osfs#ChrootOS , which is the default when using "Plain" versions of Open and Clone funcs (e.g. PlainClone). Applications using BoundOS https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/osfs#BoundOS or in-memory filesystems are not affected by this issue.
This is a go-git implementation issue and does not affect the upstream git cli.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-22
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- go-git_project:go-git
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-449p-3h89-pw88 | Go | github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 | >=5.0.0 <5.11.0 | 5.11.0 |
| GHSA-449p-3h89-pw88 | Go | gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4 | >=4.0.0 <=4.13.1 | no fix published |
| GO-2024-2456 | Go | gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4 | >=4.7.1 | no fix published |
| GO-2024-2456 | Go | github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 | >=5.0.0 <5.11.0 | 5.11.0 |