Denial of Service Vulnerability in go-git by The Go Programming Language
CVE-2025-21614

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Go-git

Status
Go-git
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 January 2025

What is CVE-2025-21614?

A vulnerability has been identified in go-git, a popular Git implementation library written in Go, which allows attackers to perform denial of service attacks. This flaw affects all go-git versions earlier than v5.13 and can be exploited through specially crafted responses from a Git server. Such responses can trigger resource exhaustion on go-git clients, potentially leading to service disruptions. It is advisable for users operating on versions from 4.0 and above to upgrade to v5.13 or later to safeguard their applications against this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

go-git >= 4.0.0, < 5.13.0

References

https://github.com/go-git/go-git/security/advisories/GHSA...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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