Bug 2566189 (CVE-2026-63476) - CVE-2026-63476 isomorphic-git: isomorphic-git: Denial of Service via unbounded memory allocation during packfile processing
Summary: CVE-2026-63476 isomorphic-git: isomorphic-git: Denial of Service via unbounde...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-63476
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-11-03 20:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-03 20:17 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-11-03 20:02:52 UTC
isomorphic-git is a pure JavaScript implementation of Git for Node.js and browsers. Prior to 1.38.6, isomorphic-git reads a server-controlled targetSize while applying a packfile delta in src/utils/applyDelta.js and passes it without a bound to Buffer.alloc(targetSize). A malicious or man-in-the-middle-controlled remote can send one delta header that causes git.clone() or git.fetch() to allocate approximately 2 GB before validating the actual delta output. GitPackIndex.fromPack swallows the later size-mismatch error, so a host with sufficient memory may retain the resource waste without a visible failure, while containers, serverless functions, and small virtual machines may terminate. Node.js heap limits do not mitigate the off-heap Buffer allocation. This issue is fixed in version 1.38.6.


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