CVE-2023-49568 | Maliciously crafted Git server replies can cause DoS on go-git clients

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in go-git versions prior to v5.11. This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform denial of service attacks by providing specially crafted responses from a Git server which triggers resource exhaustion in go-git clients. Applications using only the in-memory filesystem supported by go-git are not affected by this vulnerability. This is a go-git implementation issue and does not affect the upstream git cli.

Published: 2024-01-12 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-49568 is rated Moderate Risk (47.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.70%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-49568

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.11% 0.70% +0.59%
2 2026-03-14 0.15% 0.11% -0.04%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-49568

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-49568

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-49568

GHSA-mw99-9chc-xw7r · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — Maliciously crafted Git server replies can cause DoS on go-git clients

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-49568

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2023-49568: 1 source package rows (nfpm); 4 state rows across 4 repos (3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 4, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-49568
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-49568 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (golang-github-go-git-go-git), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49568
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-49568
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-49568 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (golang-github-go-git-go-git), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 7, released 3, DNE 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49568

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-49568

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
go-git_project go-git >= 4.0.0, < 5.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:go-git_project:go-git:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

References for CVE-2023-49568

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