CVE-2026-44740

medium

Published 2026-05-13 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

go-billy: Lack of depth and cycle detection in symlink resolution may lead to infinite loops and resource exhaustion

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Go	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5	`<5.9.0`	`5.9.0`
Go	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v6	`<6.0.0-alpha.1`	`6.0.0-alpha.1`
GO	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v6	`< 6.0.0-alpha.1`	`6.0.0-alpha.1`
GO	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5	`< 5.9.0`	`5.9.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.