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CVE-2026-45570

go-git: Improper single-quote escaping in go-git SSH transport

2.3 LowFix available

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4, go-git's SSH transport constructs the remote exec command by wrapping the repository path in single quotes without escaping single quotes embedded inside the path. A repository path containing a single quote can therefore break out of the quoted region in the exec command and be appended as additional shell tokens. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Passive

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.36%Up 0.4 points since May 28, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 2.3

go-git: Improper single-quote escaping in go-git SSH transport

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4, go-git's SSH transport constructs the remote exec command by wrapping the repository path in single quotes without escaping single quotes embedded inside the path. A repository path containing a single quote can therefore break out of the quoted region in the exec command and be appended as additional shell tokens. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4.

Record
CVE-2026-45570
CVSS 4.0
2.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
Weakness
CWE-116
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-32546 2.3

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4, go-git's SSH transport constructs the remote exec command by wrapping the repository path in single quotes without escaping single quotes embedded inside the path. A repository path containing a single quote can therefore break out of the quoted region in the exec command and be appended as additional shell tokens. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4.

Record
EUVD-2026-32546
CVSS 4.0
2.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m7cr-m3pv-hgrp 2.3

go-git: Improper single-quote escaping in go-git SSH transport

Impact

go-git's SSH transport constructs the remote exec command by wrapping the repository path in single quotes without escaping single quotes embedded inside the path. This diverges from canonical Git, which shell-quotes the path through sq_quote_buf so that an embedded ' becomes the '\'' close-escape-reopen sequence and the whole path round-trips as a single quoted argument.

A repository path containing a single quote can therefore break out of the quoted region in the exec command and be appended as additional shell tokens. On SSH servers that evaluate the exec command through a shell (for example a user account whose login shell is /bin/sh or /bin/bash, or a ForceCommand wrapper that re-evaluates $SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND), those additional tokens execute in that account's command-execution context. SSH servers that tokenize the exec command without shell evaluation, including the canonical git-shell setup, are not affected.

The vulnerable behaviour is on the SSH server side, not in go-git: the same bytes can be produced by any SSH client. The change in go-git is defense-in-depth that restores parity with canonical Git's wire format and prevents go-git from being a vehicle for reaching shell-evaluating servers through attacker-influenced repository paths.

Patches

Users should upgrade to a patched version in order to mitigate this issue. The fix ports sq_quote_buf from canonical Git into go-git's SSH transport so that the wire output is byte-identical to what git itself would send for the same input.

Versions prior to v5 are likely to be affected, users are recommended to upgrade to a supported go-git version.

Credit

Thanks to @N0zoM1z0 for reporting this to the go-git project. :bow:

Record
GHSA-m7cr-m3pv-hgrp
CVSS 4.0
2.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
Weakness
CWE-116
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 2.3

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4, go-git's SSH transport constructs the remote exec command by wrapping the repository path in single quotes without escaping single quotes embedded inside the path. A repository path containing a single quote can therefore break out of the quoted region in the exec command and be appended as additional shell tokens. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4.

Record
CVE-2026-45570
CVSS 4.0
2.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
9.6 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-116
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2026-45570 9.6
Record
BELL-CVE-2026-45570
CVSS 3.1
9.6 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 2.3

go-git: Improper single-quote escaping in go-git SSH transport

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4, go-git's SSH transport constructs the remote exec command by wrapping the repository path in single quotes without escaping single quotes embedded inside the path. A repository path containing a single quote can therefore break out of the quoted region in the exec command and be appended as additional shell tokens. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4.

Record
CVE-2026-45570
CVSS 4.0
2.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
Weakness
CWE-116
Updated
2026-11-02
Show 9 moreShow less
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-45570 9.6

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4, go-git's SSH transport constructs the remote exec command by wrapping the repository path in single quotes without escaping single quotes embedded inside the path. A repository path containing a single quote can therefore break out of the quoted region in the exec command and be appended as additional shell tokens. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45570
CVSS 3.1
9.6 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-m7cr-m3pv-hgrp 2.3

go-git: Improper single-quote escaping in go-git SSH transport

Impact

go-git's SSH transport constructs the remote exec command by wrapping the repository path in single quotes without escaping single quotes embedded inside the path. This diverges from canonical Git, which shell-quotes the path through sq_quote_buf so that an embedded ' becomes the '\'' close-escape-reopen sequence and the whole path round-trips as a single quoted argument.

A repository path containing a single quote can therefore break out of the quoted region in the exec command and be appended as additional shell tokens. On SSH servers that evaluate the exec command through a shell (for example a user account whose login shell is /bin/sh or /bin/bash, or a ForceCommand wrapper that re-evaluates $SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND), those additional tokens execute in that account's command-execution context. SSH servers that tokenize the exec command without shell evaluation, including the canonical git-shell setup, are not affected.

The vulnerable behaviour is on the SSH server side, not in go-git: the same bytes can be produced by any SSH client. The change in go-git is defense-in-depth that restores parity with canonical Git's wire format and prevents go-git from being a vehicle for reaching shell-evaluating servers through attacker-influenced repository paths.

Patches

Users should upgrade to a patched version in order to mitigate this issue. The fix ports sq_quote_buf from canonical Git into go-git's SSH transport so that the wire output is byte-identical to what git itself would send for the same input.

Versions prior to v5 are likely to be affected, users are recommended to upgrade to a supported go-git version.

Credit

Thanks to @N0zoM1z0 for reporting this to the go-git project. :bow:

Record
GHSA-m7cr-m3pv-hgrp
CVSS 4.0
2.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
Weakness
CWE-116
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45570 2.3

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4, go-git's SSH transport constructs the remote exec command by wrapping the repository path in single quotes without escaping single quotes embedded inside the path. A repository path containing a single quote can therefore break out of the quoted region in the exec command and be appended as additional shell tokens. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-45570
CVSS 4.0
2.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
CVSS 3.1
9.6 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-88418 No score

CVE-2026-45570 affecting package cri-o 1.30.1-1

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4, go-git's SSH transport constructs the remote exec command by wrapping the repository path in single quotes without escaping single quotes embedded inside the path. A repository path containing a single quote can therefore break out of the quoted region in the exec command and be appended as additional shell tokens. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4.

Record
AZL-88418
Updated
2026-11-05
OSVAZL-88800 No score

CVE-2026-45570 affecting package packer for versions less than 1.9.5-17

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4, go-git's SSH transport constructs the remote exec command by wrapping the repository path in single quotes without escaping single quotes embedded inside the path. A repository path containing a single quote can therefore break out of the quoted region in the exec command and be appended as additional shell tokens. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.19.1 and 6.0.0-alpha.4.

Record
AZL-88800
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGO-2026-5496 No score

Improper single-quote escaping in go-git SSH transport in github.com/go-git/go-git

Improper single-quote escaping in go-git SSH transport in github.com/go-git/go-git

Record
GO-2026-5496
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:10831-1 No score

flux2-cli-2.8.8-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the flux2-cli-2.8.8-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:10831-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 No score

Security update for govulncheck-vulndb

This update for govulncheck-vulndb fixes the following issues:

  • Update to version 0.0.20260723T184607 2026-07-23T18:46:07Z (jsc#PED-11136).

Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:

  • GO-2026-4730 CVE-2026-33022 GHSA-cv4x-93xx-wgfj
  • GO-2026-4761 CVE-2026-33211 GHSA-j5q5-j9gm-2w5c
  • GO-2026-5102 CVE-2026-45021 GHSA-3vcp-chfh-f6r2
  • GO-2026-5272 CVE-2026-40938 GHSA-94jr-7pqp-xhcq
  • GO-2026-5486 CVE-2026-40924 GHSA-m2cx-gpqf-qf74
  • GO-2026-5542 CVE-2026-40090 GHSA-pj97-4p9w-gx3q
  • GO-2026-5630 CVE-2026-25542 GHSA-rmx9-2pp3-xhcr
  • GO-2026-5643 CVE-2026-40923 GHSA-rx35-6rhx-7858
  • GO-2026-5675 CVE-2026-41492 GHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q
  • GO-2026-5711 CVE-2026-40161 GHSA-wjxp-xrpv-xpff
  • GO-2026-5746 CVE-2026-41567 GHSA-x86f-5xw2-fm2r
  • GO-2026-5749 CVE-2026-41328 GHSA-x92x-px7w-4gx4
  • GO-2026-5837 CVE-2026-44840 GHSA-q2m9-6jp9-c6mc
  • GO-2026-5929 CVE-2026-44342 GHSA-26v7-h57m-gh9m
  • GO-2026-5930 CVE-2026-33655 GHSA-6qcr-qxgr-m7fv
  • GO-2026-5933 GHSA-3g4q-2f67-2gvh
  • GO-2026-5934 GHSA-59qp-cfj3-rp64
  • GO-2026-5935 GHSA-7856-g3gv-9wq8
  • GO-2026-5936 CVE-2026-53552 GHSA-26rh-24rg-j3vv
  • GO-2026-5937 CVE-2026-53508 GHSA-2jcc-mxv7-p3f9
  • GO-2026-5938 CVE-2026-53553 GHSA-4g5x-hcwm-82jw
  • GO-2026-5939 CVE-2026-10517 GHSA-698x-9w2p-7vvp
  • GO-2026-5940 CVE-2026-53572 GHSA-6w3m-4hhp-775q
  • GO-2026-5941 CVE-2026-53487 GHSA-gvhc-wv3v-7pf8
  • GO-2026-5942 CVE-2026-46600
  • GO-2026-5944 CVE-2026-50197 GHSA-659f-rgp5-w4wf
  • GO-2026-5945 CVE-2026-6815 GHSA-rmxx-v9rj-vpvg
  • GO-2026-5946 CVE-2026-52831 GHSA-v5px-423j-pf7p
  • GO-2026-5947 CVE-2026-53649 GHSA-xqhv-chqm-fhcc
  • GO-2026-5948 CVE-2026-50554 GHSA-588f-fvcv-xhvf
  • GO-2026-5949 CVE-2026-50553 GHSA-rqrh-8wpv-x7hh
  • GO-2026-5950 CVE-2026-53602 GHSA-339v-266x-79xr
  • GO-2026-5951 CVE-2026-10219 GHSA-6jm8-4fhr-5w64
  • GO-2026-5952 CVE-2026-49834 GHSA-9vcr-p3rj-q5q6
  • GO-2026-5953 CVE-2026-9094 GHSA-c9w5-qp6m-m395
  • GO-2026-5956 CVE-2026-55252 GHSA-h5g6-xmh4-hc37
  • GO-2026-5957 CVE-2026-54158 GHSA-5xfx-xj4h-5p7r
  • GO-2026-5958 CVE-2026-54068 GHSA-gcm7-57gf-953c
  • GO-2026-5959 CVE-2026-54072 GHSA-h29v-hj44-q8cv
  • GO-2026-5961 CVE-2026-54069 GHSA-hvr9-72v2-fff3
  • GO-2026-5962 CVE-2026-54088 GHSA-m93h-4hw7-5qcm
  • GO-2026-5963 CVE-2026-54067 GHSA-mvjr-vv3c-w4qv
  • GO-2026-5964 CVE-2026-54066 GHSA-p4m3-mgmm-c664
  • GO-2026-5965 CVE-2026-54070 GHSA-w7cg-whh7-xp28
  • GO-2026-5966 CVE-2026-54089 GHSA-xqp3-jq6g-x3qm
  • GO-2026-5967 CVE-2026-50551 GHSA-56mp-4f3v-fgj2
  • GO-2026-5968 CVE-2026-54174 GHSA-fpg8-7664-jc5q
  • GO-2026-5969 GHSA-g936-7jqj-mwv8
  • GO-2026-5970 CVE-2026-56852
  • GO-2026-5973 CVE-2026-54250 GHSA-jxr7-mqhw-9p98
  • GO-2026-5974 CVE-2026-44300 GHSA-wmj8-9953-vff5
  • GO-2026-5975 CVE-2026-50018 GHSA-42j2-w334-qxw7
  • GO-2026-5976 CVE-2026-50141 GHSA-g7mm-9vx7-jm7h
  • GO-2026-5977 CVE-2026-50013 GHSA-qrh4-p6v4-mrfg
  • GO-2026-5978 CVE-2026-50125 GHSA-qw5r-ppcg-f8rj
  • GO-2026-5979 CVE-2026-50006 GHSA-xrcf-6jh3-ggvx
  • GO-2026-5980 CVE-2026-50158 GHSA-2c7f-fxww-6w6c
  • GO-2026-5981 GHSA-mqxv-9rm6-w8qc
  • GO-2026-5982 GHSA-pqg7-v6wh-3pfp
  • GO-2026-5984 CVE-2026-53604 GHSA-2p2f-px33-4vv5
  • GO-2026-5985 GHSA-7rx3-5wx3-5v76
  • GO-2026-5986 CVE-2026-61699 GHSA-cm26-5974-52h8
  • GO-2026-5987 CVE-2026-55513 GHSA-g4x6-jcvr-9m3g
  • GO-2026-5988 CVE-2026-54628 GHSA-hwrq-8wxh-q4xv
  • GO-2026-5989 CVE-2026-55512 GHSA-m3cx-mwpg-32jg
  • GO-2026-5990 CVE-2026-54629 GHSA-mf78-3rpf-r784
  • GO-2026-5991 CVE-2026-53603 GHSA-q4vm-pq3q-8wgq
  • GO-2026-5992 CVE-2026-61549 GHSA-qf34-295c-26v8
  • GO-2026-5996 CVE-2026-54450 GHSA-pph6-vfjv-vpjw
  • GO-2026-5997 CVE-2026-54452 GHSA-xgch-x3mx-cm3c
  • GO-2026-5998 CVE-2026-54495 GHSA-398h-7f66-3h4p
  • GO-2026-5999 CVE-2026-10814 GHSA-jh6h-v6mp-h22v
  • GO-2026-6002 CVE-2026-58196 GHSA-pr64-jmmf-jp54
  • GO-2026-6003 CVE-2026-53714 GHSA-22xc-xg2r-9j7v
  • GO-2026-6004 CVE-2026-52833 GHSA-3v79-m2cg-89ww
  • GO-2026-6005 CVE-2026-53715 GHSA-8fv2-88gg-hm7q
  • GO-2026-6006 CVE-2026-53716 GHSA-cxpq-8v7q-cg56 *…
Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVROOT-APP-GOBINARY-CVE-2026-45570 No score

CVE-2026-45570 in github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2026-45570 in the github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 package for Root:Go. Multiple fixed versions available.

Record
ROOT-APP-GOBINARY-CVE-2026-45570
Updated
2026-11-06

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
github.com/go-git/go-git/v5
Go
 through 5.19.0
5.19.1
github.com/go-git/go-git/v6
Go
 through 6.0.0-alpha.3
6.0.0-alpha.4
github.com/go-git/go-git
Go
 through 4.7.0 None known
cri-o
Azure Linux:3
 through 1.30.1-1 None known
packer
Azure Linux:3
 before 1.9.5-17
1.9.5-17
grype
Alpaquita:stream
 0.100.0-r0 up to 0.114.0-r0
0.114.0-r0
osv-scanner
Alpaquita:stream
 2.1.0-r2 up to 2.4.0-r0
2.4.0-r0
golang-github-go-git-go-git
Debian:12
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.11.0-15.11.0-25.11.0-35.11.0-45.12.0-1
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5.13.2-15.14.0-15.16.2-15.17.0-15.17.1-15.19.1-15.19.2-15.4.2-35.4.2-4
 None known
golang-github-go-git-go-git
Debian:13
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.14.0-15.16.2-15.17.0-15.17.1-15.19.1-15.19.2-1
 None known
golang-github-go-git-go-git
Debian:14
 before 5.19.1-1, plus listed versions
5.14.0-15.16.2-15.17.0-15.17.1-1
5.19.1-1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
golang-github-go-git-go-git-v6
Debian:14
 before 6.0.0~alpha4-1, plus listed versions
6~git20260305.2083cf94-16~git20260305.2083cf94-26~git20260305.2083cf94-3
6.0.0~alpha4-1
github.com/go-git/go-git/v5
Go
 before 5.19.1
5.19.1
github.com/go-git/go-git/v6
Go
 before 6.0.0-alpha.4
6.0.0-alpha.4
github.com/go-git/go-git
Go
 All versions None known
github.com/go-git/go-git/v5
Root:Go
 before v5.16.4-aikido.1
v5.16.4-aikido.1v5.16.3-aikido.1v5.13.0-aikido.1v5.13.1-aikido.1v5.12.0-aikido.1v5.17.0-aikido.1
rootio-github.com/go-git/go-git/v5
Root:Go
 before v5.16.4-root.io.1
v5.16.4-root.io.1v5.16.3-root.io.1v5.13.0-root.io.1v5.13.1-root.io.1v5.12.0-root.io.1v5.17.0-root.io.1
golang-github-go-git-go-git
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.4.2-35.4.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm15.4.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
 None known
golang-github-go-git-go-git
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.4.2-3build15.4.2-45.4.2-4ubuntu0.24.04.15.4.2-4ubuntu0.24.04.25.4.2-4ubuntu0.24.04.2+esm1
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5.4.2-4ubuntu0.24.04.35.4.2-4ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm15.4.2-4ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm25.4.2-4ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm3
 None known
golang-github-go-git-go-git
Ubuntu:25.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.14.0-1
 None known
golang-github-go-git-go-git
Ubuntu:26.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.16.2-15.19.1-15.19.2-1
 None known
golang-github-go-git-go-git
Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.14.0-15.16.2-15.16.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
 None known
flux2-cli
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.8.8-1.1
2.8.8-1.1
govulncheck-vulndb
openSUSE:Leap 16.0
From an advisory covering 1734 CVEs
 before 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

History

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In short

CVE-2026-45570 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.3) in Go-git, published May 19, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. Fixed in github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 5.19.1.

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