What is CVE-2026-82249?

CVE-2026-82249 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitoxidelabs Gitoxide, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2026-08-28.

How severe is CVE-2026-82249?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gitoxidelabs Gitoxide

CVE-2026-82249

gitoxide before 0.38.2 fails to validate carriage return characters in URL values passed to credential helpers. Attackers can supply URLs containing bare carriage returns to inject additional helper protocol fields and cause credential helpers to return credentials for attacker-specified hosts instead of the requested URL.

Published 2026-08-28 · last modified 2026-08-28.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.1 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-13.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Gitoxidelabs Gitoxide

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-6wr8-3w4h-j9wj (vendor-advisory)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitoxide-before-0.38.2-credential-helper-protocol-… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-82249?: CVE-2026-82249 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitoxidelabs Gitoxide, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2026-08-28.
How severe is CVE-2026-82249?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.