CVE-2026-53585

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, git_delta_apply in src/libgit2/delta.c trusts the attacker-controlled res_sz value parsed by hdr_sz from a delta object header and passes that amount to git__malloc before validating delta instructions. Malicious pack data supplied through git_clone, git_fetch, git_remote_fetch, git_indexer_append, or a local attacker-supplied repository can use a very small multi-level OFS_DELTA chain to retain extremely large allocations and exhaust memory. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.6 and 1.9.5.

CVSS 3.1

5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-770

Published

2026-08-20

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

References

• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/0cdfdd5fa8f8514c82413025e1e0808866cf7c30
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/c1896f06df22cc0ca5658df3a8f6cd7ede4cd6ae
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/dec22ac01ad9620c96b7b9ac3ef636ea46d43bed
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v1.8.6
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v1.9.5

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