NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting git2 package, versions <0.20.4
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- published5 Feb 2026
- disclosed4 Feb 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 4 Feb 2026
CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-476 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade git2 to version 0.20.4 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the slice::from_raw_parts() function. An attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering a null pointer dereference through immediate dereferencing of the Buf struct after calling new() or default().