Service interruption via malformed commit metadata parsing
Published Aug 31, 2026 · Updated Aug 31, 2026
XML parsing in GitList 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to interrupt repository views through crafted Git commit metadata. CommandLine.php wraps git-controlled subject and body fields in CDATA and passes the assembled text to SimpleXMLElement, so a CDATA terminator makes the generated XML malformed. Reachability requires attacker-controlled commit metadata in a configured repository; affected history requests fail without reported data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
XML parsing in GitList 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to interrupt repository views through crafted Git commit metadata. CommandLine.php wraps git-controlled subject and body fields in CDATA and passes the assembled text to SimpleXMLElement, so a CDATA terminator makes the generated XML malformed. Reachability requires attacker-controlled commit metadata in a configured repository; affected history requests fail without reported data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-82669
- Published
- Aug 31, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 31, 2026
- Vendor
- Klaus Silveira
- Product
- GitList
- Classifications
- CWE-404, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 31, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 31, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.0.0
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Public exploit references
- GitList issue 948 proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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