CVE-2026-71557: go-git: Malicious reference names may modify files outside the reference storage
Overview
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.3)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Patch Tuesday
- 2026-Aug
- Released
- 2026-08-11
- EPSS Score
- 0.35% (percentile: 27.6%)
Detection & Weaponization (1 sources)
Maturity: Exploit
- GitHub PoC: 1 repositories
Affected Products (1)
Open Source Software
- azl3 packer 1.9.5-18 on Azure Linux 3.0
Revision History
- 2026-08-11: Information published.