CVE-2026-535844.3MediumCWE-22

CVE-2026-53584: libgit2: Submodule path traversal

libgit2

Affected: libgit2 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

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0.3%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

26th percentile

050100

Higher than 26% of scored CVEs

4.3MediumCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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, libgit2 does not reject traversal components in a submodule path loaded from .gitmodules. The affected src/libgit2/submodule.c paths include git_submodule_lookup and git_submodule_add_setup. A crafted repository can specify a path such as ../escape-target, and applications that initialize the submodule can create directories outside the repository working tree. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.6 and 1.9.5.

Affected products1

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libgit2 · libgit2< 1.8.6; >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.5

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Path Traversal · File and Path Handling
Vendor: libgit2
Published: August 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), August 2026

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