Vulnerability · Published Aug 28, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-82249gitoxide before 0.38.2 Credential Helper Protocol Field Injection

Low 3.1

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw in gitoxide from GitoxideLabs. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.1Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

gitoxide before 0.38.2 fails to validate carriage return characters in URL values passed to credential helpers. Attackers can supply URLs containing bare carriage returns to inject additional helper protocol fields and cause credential helpers to return credentials for attacker-specified hosts instead of the requested URL.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian:13	rust-gix-credentials	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-82249
Debian:14	rust-gix-credentials	0.39.1-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-82249
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	rust-gix-credentials	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82249
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	rust-gix-credentials	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82249
Ubuntu:26.10	rust-gix-credentials	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82249

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitoxideLabs	gitoxide	0 – before 0.38.2

Weakness: CWE-116 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-6wr8-3w4h-j9wj) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: gitoxide before 0.38.2 Credential Helper Protocol Field Injection third-party-advisory