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CVE-2023-49568

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  • Published2024-01-12
  • Fixed in5.11.0
  • WeaknessCWE-20

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Description

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in go-git versions prior to v5.11. This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform denial of service attacks by providing specially crafted responses from a Git server which triggers resource exhaustion in go-git clients. Applications using only the in-memory filesystem supported by go-git are not affected by this vulnerability. This is a go-git implementation issue and does not affect the upstream git cli.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-01-1211:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Go-git project go-git
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.11≥ 4.0.0, < 5.11.05.11.0
5.11< 5.11.05.11.0
5.x≥ 5.0.0, < 5.11.05.11.0
gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.x≥ 4.7.1, ≤ 4.13.1no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

  • RHSA-2024:1052 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.51 bug fix and security update

  • RHSA-2024:0833 Red Hat Product Security8 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.50 bug fix and security update

  • RHSA-2024:0741 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.33 bug fix and security update

  • RHSA-2024:0642 Red Hat Product Security16 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.11 bug fix and security update

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Go-git project go-git to 5.11.0
  2. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2024:1052 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.12/release_notes/ocp-4-1…
  3. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2024:0833 · 8 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.12/release_notes/o…
  4. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2024:0741 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.13/release_notes/o…
  5. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2024:0642 · 16 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.14/release_notes/o…
  6. Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2024:1052 · 94 productsIn cases where a bump to the latest version of go-git is not possible, a recommendation to reduce the exposure of this threat is limiting its use to only trust-worthy Git servers.

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
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ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2024-01-12
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CNACVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-20read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.7 %2026-10-22
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2024-01-12
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-49568?

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in go-git versions prior to v5.11. This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform denial of service attacks by providing specially crafted responses from a Git server which triggers resource exhaustion in go-git clients. Applications using only the in-memory filesystem supported by go-git are not affected by this vulnerability. This is a go-git implementation issue and does not affect the upstream git cli.

Is CVE-2023-49568 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2023-49568 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.7% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-49568?

CVE-2023-49568 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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