# CVE-2025-21614: go-git clients vulnerable to DoS via maliciously crafted Git server replies

- Also known as: GO-2025-3367, GHSA-R9PX-M959-CXF4
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.13.0
- Published: 2025-01-06 · Updated: 2025-08-26

## Affected

- go-git: from 4.0.0, fixed in 5.13.0
- github.com/go-git/go-git/v4 (Go): from 4.0.0
- github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 (Go): fixed in 5.13.0
- gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4 (Go): from 4.0.0
- gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4 (Go): from 4.0.0, through 4.13.1
- github.com/go-git/go-git (Go): from 4.0.0, through 4.13.1

## Description

go-git is a highly extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in go-git versions prior to v5.13. 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. Users running versions of go-git from v4 and above are recommended to upgrade to v5.13 in order to mitigate this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on go-git, github.com/go-git/go-git/v4, github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (5.13.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/go-git/go-git/security/advisories/GHSA-r9px-m959-cxf4

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