Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-71556

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to 5.19.2 and 6.0.0-alpha.5, worktree operations including checkout, status, and ad...

CVE-2026-44471 gitoxide: Symlink prefix-reuse allows worktree escape during checkout

gitoxide is an implementation of git written in Rust. Prior to 0.21.1, a malicious tree can be constructed that will, when checked out with gitoxide, permit writing an attacker-controlled symlink into any existing directory the user has write access to. During checkout, all symlink index entries...

gix-fs: Symlink prefix-reuse allows worktree escape during checkout

Summary A malicious tree can be constructed that will, when checked out with gitoxide, permit writing an attacker-controlled symlink into any existing directory the user has write access to. Details During checkout, all symlink index entries are deferred and created after regular files using a...