# CVE-2026-44471: rust-gix-fs: gitoxide is an implementation of git written in Rust CVE-2026-44471 is fixed in 25 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44471, released May 27, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44471 - Priority: High - CVSS: 7.8 (high) - EPSS: 0.0029 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: May 13, 2026 ## Description gitoxide is an implementation of git written in Rust. Prior to 0.21.1, a malicious tree can be constructed that will, when checked out with gitoxide, permit writing an attacker-controlled symlink into any existing directory the user has write access to. During checkout, all symlink index entries are deferred and created after regular files using a single shared gix_worktree::Stack. Internally, this uses a gix_fs::Stack. gix_fs::Stack::make_relative_path_current() caches validated path prefixes: when the previously-processed leaf component exactly matches the leading component(s) of the next path, the leaf-to-directory transition at gix-fs/src/stack.rs invokes only delegate.push_directory(), never delegate.push(). In gix_worktree::stack::delegate::StackDelegate, when the state member is State::CreateDirectoryAndAttributesStack, Attributes::push_directory() only loads attributes (from the ODB, in the clone case), and does not perform any other checks. The on-disk symlink_metadata() check and unlink-on-collision live in StackDelegate::push()'s invocation of create_leading_directory(), which is therefore bypassed for the cached prefix. The final symlink is created with plain std::os::unix::fs::symlink, which follows symlinks in parent directories. Therefore, it's possible to provide a tree with duplicate symlink and directory entries that exploits this. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.21.1. ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | cargo amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | cargo-c amzn 2023 | 0.10.19-1.amzn2023.0.3 | [ALAS2023-2026-1872](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1872.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | cargo-c-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 0.10.19-1.amzn2023.0.3 | [ALAS2023-2026-1872](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1872.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | cargo-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | clippy amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | clippy-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-analyzer amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-analyzer-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-cargo-c-debugsource amzn 2023 | 0.10.19-1.amzn2023.0.3 | [ALAS2023-2026-1872](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1872.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-debugger-common amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-debugsource amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-doc amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-gdb amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-gix-fs Debian 14 | 0.16.1-2 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44471](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-44471.md) | May 27, 2026 | | Linux | rust-lldb amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-src amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-std-static amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-std-static-wasm32-unknown-unknown amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-std-static-wasm32-wasip1 amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-toolset amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rust-toolset-srpm-macros amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rustfmt amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | rustfmt-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1.96.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-1871](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1871.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | --- Data as of 2026-11-09T13:31:49Z UTC. 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