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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-63476 EUVD-2026-116272

isomorphic-git: Unbounded memory allocation from attacker-controlled delta target size (DoS)

Published Nov 3, 2026 · Updated Nov 7, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

isomorphic-git is a pure JavaScript implementation of Git for Node.js and browsers. Prior to 1.38.6, isomorphic-git reads a server-controlled targetSize while applying a packfile delta in src/utils/applyDelta.js and passes it without a bound to Buffer.alloc(targetSize). A malicious or man-in-the-middle-controlled remote can send one delta header that causes git.clone() or git.fetch() to allocate approximately 2 GB before validating the actual delta output. GitPackIndex.fromPack swallows the later size-mismatch error, so a host with sufficient memory may retain the resource waste without a visible failure, while containers, serverless functions, and small virtual machines may terminate. Node.js heap limits do not mitigate the off-heap Buffer allocation. This issue is fixed in version 1.38.6.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
isomorphic-git isomorphic-git < 1.38.6 —

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