Gitoxide gix-mailmap before 0.35.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to exhaust CPU through quadratic-time parsing in Snapshot::from_bytes. Attackers can commit a crafted .mailmap with descending-ordered entries forcing repeated front inserts, blocking workers running log, blame, or shortlog for minutes.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
GitoxideLabs gix-mailmap unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 0.35.0
0.35.0 unaffected —

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References
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https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-pmpw-wwcm-r8rc cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitoxide-gix-mailmap-before-0.35.0-cpu-denial-of-service-via-mailmap-parsing cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description Gitoxide gix-mailmap before 0.35.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to exhaust CPU through quadratic-time parsing in Snapshot::from_bytes. Attackers can commit a crafted .mailmap with descending-ordered entries forcing repeated front inserts, blocking workers running log, blame, or shortlog for minutes.
Title Gitoxide gix-mailmap before 0.35.0 CPU Denial of Service via .mailmap Parsing
Weaknesses CWE-407
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-12T16:05:31.899Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T14:19:45.860Z

Link: CVE-2026-109348

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-12T17:17:31.673

Modified: 2026-10-12T17:17:31.673

Link: CVE-2026-109348

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Updated: 2026-10-12T18:30:16Z

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