Description
Gitoxide gix-mailmap before 0.35.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to exhaust CPU through quadratic-time parsing in Snapshot::from_bytes. Attackers can commit a crafted .mailmap with descending-ordered entries forcing repeated front inserts, blocking workers running log, blame, or shortlog for minutes.
Published: 2026-10-12
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Gitoxidelabs
Gitoxidelabs gix-date
Vendors & Products Gitoxidelabs
Gitoxidelabs gix-date

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description Gitoxide gix-mailmap before 0.35.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to exhaust CPU through quadratic-time parsing in Snapshot::from_bytes. Attackers can commit a crafted .mailmap with descending-ordered entries forcing repeated front inserts, blocking workers running log, blame, or shortlog for minutes.
Title Gitoxide gix-mailmap before 0.35.0 CPU Denial of Service via .mailmap Parsing
Weaknesses CWE-407
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Gitoxidelabs Gix-date
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-13T16:16:02.083Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T14:19:45.860Z

Link: CVE-2026-109348

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-13T16:14:43.816Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-12T17:17:31.673

Modified: 2026-10-13T17:17:26.680

Link: CVE-2026-109348

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-13T07:15:15Z

Weaknesses