Description
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 are deferred and created after regular files using a single shared gix_worktree::Stack. Internally, this uses a gix_fs::Stack. gix_fs::Stack::make_relative_path_current() caches validated path prefixes: when the previously-processed leaf component exactly matches the leading component(s) of the next path, the leaf-to-directory transition at gix-fs/src/stack.rs invokes only delegate.push_directory(), never delegate.push(). In gix_worktree::stack::delegate::StackDelegate, when the state member is State::CreateDirectoryAndAttributesStack, Attributes::push_directory() only loads attributes (from the ODB, in the clone case), and does not perform any other checks. The on-disk symlink_metadata() check and unlink-on-collision live in StackDelegate::push()'s invocation of create_leading_directory(), which is therefore bypassed for the cached prefix. The final symlink is created with plain std::os::unix::fs::symlink, which follows symlinks in parent directories. Therefore, it's possible to provide a tree with duplicate symlink and directory entries that exploits this. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.21.1.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitoxideLabs | gitoxide | < 0.21.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | rust-gix-fs | 0.16.1-2 | — |
| Debian 13 | rust-gix-fs | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | rust-gix-fs | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | rust-gix-fs | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | rust-gix-fs | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | rust-gix-fs | No fix yet | — |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2023 | cargo-c | 0.10.19-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-1872 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | rust +14 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | ALAS2023-2026-1871 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | rust +11 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2.0.2 | ALAS2-2026-3375 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | cargo-audit | 0.22.2-r0 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | cargo-c | 0.10.24-r0 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | codex | 0.148.0-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | helix | No fix yet | — |
| Wolfi rolling | starship | 1.25.1-r1 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | gix-fs | < 0.21.1 | 0.21.1 | GHSA-f89h-2fjh-2r9q |
Advisories 3
- ALAS2-2026-3375 Moderate: rust security update (Amazon Linux 2) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Jun 22, 2026
- ALAS2023-2026-1871 Moderate: rust security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Jun 22, 2026
- ALAS2023-2026-1872 Moderate: rust-cargo-c security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Jun 22, 2026