Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-96962.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-96962
Upstream
Published
2026-08-20T19:16:54Z
Modified
2026-08-30T05:26:50Z
Summary
CVE-2026-53586 affecting package libgit2 1.7.2-1
Details

libgit2 is a portable C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a linkable library with a solid API, allowing to build Git functionality into your application. Prior to 1.8.6 and 1.9.5, the built-in HTTP transport in src/libgit2/transports/http.c follows an offsite initial redirect, and handleremoteauth and handleauth pass transport->owner->url instead of transport->server.url to the credential callback when the redirected host returns 401 Unauthorized. A callback that scopes credentials to the original trusted URL can therefore return GITCREDENTIALUSERPASSPLAINTEXT credentials that libgit2 stores in transport->server.cred and sends as an Authorization header to the redirected host. An attacker who controls a trusted Git host or an open redirect on that host can disclose HTTP Basic credentials, personal access tokens, or equivalent credentials. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.6 and 1.9.5.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / libgit2

Package

Name
libgit2
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/libgit2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last affected
1.7.2-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-96962.json"