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[GHSA] GHSA-qgq7-7hm3-q39j (medium) — go-git: Malicious reference names may modify files outside the reference storage
GHSA-qgq7-7hm3-q39j Severity: medium CVE: CVE-2026-71557
go-git: Malicious reference names may modify files outside the reference storage
### Impact A path traversal issue in `go-git` could allow malicious reference names to access files outside the repository's intended reference storage.
Loose references are stored under `.git/<reference-name>`. The reference name was previously used as a pat
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-71557cve
Original source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qgq7-7hm3-q39j