[Pkg-rust-maintainers] Bug#1148173: rust-gix-transport: CVE-2026-91986

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: rust-gix-transport
Version: 0.58.1-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for rust-gix-transport.

CVE-2026-91986[0]:
| gitoxide gix-transport before 0.59.2 fails to filter control
| characters in git-daemon connect requests, allowing attackers to
| inject NUL/CR/LF bytes via crafted git URLs. Attackers can inject
| extra NUL-delimited protocol fields to spoof virtual hosts or inject
| newlines into daemon requests and logs.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-91986
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-91986
[1] https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-rc7h-wp5f-w3g5

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore