CVE-2026-44740 (GCVE-0-2026-44740)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-01 16:04
Modified
2026-06-01 18:14
CWE
  • CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
  • CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Summary
Billy is an interface filesystem abstraction for Go. Prior to versions 5.9.0 and 6.0.0-alpha.1, multiple components may improperly handle crafted or malformed input, resulting in panics, infinite loops, uncontrolled recursion, or excessive resource consumption. These issues arise from insufficient validation and missing safety mechanisms such as cycle detection, recursion limits, or defensive handling of unexpected states when processing untrusted repository data and filesystem structures. This issue has been patched in versions 5.9.0 and 6.0.0-alpha.1.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
go-git go-billy Version: < 5.9.0
Version: < 6.0.0-alpha.1
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