CVE-2026-71556

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-07. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2026-54526 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-hc8v-wwc9-vgxm (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to 5.19.2 and 6.0.0-alpha.5, worktree operations (including checkout, status, and add) resolve symbolic links inside the working tree without confining resolution to the worktree boundary, so a maliciously crafted repository containing a symlink can cause go-git to read from or write to files outside the intended working directory when the repository is cloned and its worktree operations are used. Versions 5.19.2 and 6.0.0-alpha.5.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
32
EG Risk 32/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity71% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.1 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.4% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
29th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (7.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
7.1 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.4% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-31). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

August 7, 2026

Last Modified

September 10, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 7, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github, github_commit, github_release.
GitHub release Patch Available

v6.0.0-alpha.5

Patch available: go-git/go-git v6.0.0-alpha.5 (pre-release)

https://github.com/go-git/go-git/releases/tag/v6.0.0-alpha.5
GitHub release Patch Available

v5.19.2

Patch available: go-git/go-git v5.19.2

https://github.com/go-git/go-git/releases/tag/v5.19.2
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit 661d1c7f101d (go-git/go-git)

Patch available: go-git/go-git v6.0.0-alpha.5 (contains commit 661d1c7f101d)

https://github.com/go-git/go-git/commit/661d1c7f101d34e002a3cfcf8dbea5b7421d07ac
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit 008a78f2dd86 (go-git/go-git)

Patch available: go-git/go-git v5.19.2 (contains commit 008a78f2dd86)

https://github.com/go-git/go-git/commit/008a78f2dd86f52544ddff8b8e8ddeecdf3f7aab
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)

Worktree operations may follow symlinks · Advisory · go-git/go-git · GitHub

https://github.com/go-git/go-git/security/advisories/GHSA-hc8v-wwc9-vgxm

Patch Availability(31)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrhoai/rhai-cli-rhel9:17915096892026-10-19redhat
redhatrhtas/gitsign-rhel9:17915352562026-10-15redhat
redhatcluster-observability-operator/perses-rhel9-operator:17908546012026-10-01redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/cnv-must-gather-rhel9:17905951332026-09-29redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/cnv-must-gather-rhel8:17903927082026-09-29redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/cnv-must-gather-rhel9:17903941192026-09-29redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/cnv-must-gather-rhel9:17905603782026-09-29redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/cnv-must-gather-rhel9:17905981032026-09-29redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/cnv-must-gather-rhel9:17903939252026-09-29redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/cnv-must-gather-rhel9:17902224652026-09-29redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/cnv-must-gather-rhel9:17900933542026-09-29redhat
redhatrhtas/gitsign-rhel9:17896456122026-09-23redhat
redhatopenshift-builds/openshift-builds-webhook-rhel9:17899763002026-09-22redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-must-gather-rhel9:17895308852026-09-21redhat
redhatrhem/flightctl-worker-rhel10:17894860712026-09-16redhat
redhatrhem/flightctl-worker-rhel9:17894880612026-09-16redhat
redhatflightctl-0:1.1.4-1.el9em2026-09-16redhat
redhatrhem/flightctl-worker-rhel9:17894868292026-09-16redhat
redhatrhem/flightctl-worker-rhel10:17894867402026-09-16redhat
redhatflightctl-0:1.2.1-1.el92026-09-16redhat
redhatrhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9:17889764032026-09-15redhat
redhatrhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9:17889769802026-09-15redhat
redhatrhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9:17889767472026-09-15redhat
redhatrhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9:17889765242026-09-15redhat
redhatrhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9:17889763302026-09-15redhat
redhatrhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9:17889772702026-09-15redhat
redhattrivy-main-0.74.0-0.2.hum12026-09-10redhat
redhatexternal-secrets-operator/external-secrets-rhel9:17889639292026-09-10redhat
redhatkube-state-metrics-main-2.20.0-0.2.hum12026-09-09redhat
gogithub.com/go-git/go-git/v5 @ 5.19.2 (fixes <= 5.19.1)—ghsa
gogithub.com/go-git/go-git/v6 @ 6.0.0-alpha.5 (fixes <= 6.0.0-alpha.4)—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(6 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:14(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
golang-github-go-git-go-git5.14.0-1, 5.16.2-1, 5.17.0-1, 5.17.1-1, 5.19.1-1
  • every version up to 5.19.2-1: fixed in 5.19.2-1
—
golang-github-go-git-go-git-v66.0.0~alpha.4-1 ... 6~git20260305.2083cf94-3 (7 versions)
  • every version up to 6.0.0~alpha.5-1: fixed in 6.0.0~alpha.5-1
—
Go(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
github.com/go-git/go-git/v5—
  • every version up to 5.19.2: fixed in 5.19.2
—
github.com/go-git/go-git/v6—
  • every version up to 6.0.0-alpha.5: fixed in 6.0.0-alpha.5
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
golang-github-go-git-go-git5.11.0-1 ... 5.4.2-4 (14 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
golang-github-go-git-go-git5.14.0-1 ... 5.19.2-1 (6 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(16)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 51× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 207 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 107 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-01 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  2. 2026-11-01 07:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-hc8v-wwc9-vgxm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.1
  3. 2026-11-01 07:39 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-31 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  5. 2026-10-30 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  6. 2026-10-29 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  7. 2026-10-28 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  8. 2026-10-27 19:42 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-27 19:42 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-27 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  11. 2026-10-26 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  12. 2026-10-25 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  13. 2026-10-25 14:07 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-24 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 28th percentile
  15. 2026-10-23 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 28th percentile
  16. 2026-10-22 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 28th percentile
  17. 2026-10-21 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 28th percentile
  18. 2026-10-20 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 28th percentile
  19. 2026-10-20 08:47 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-20 08:47 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-19 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  22. 2026-10-18 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  23. 2026-10-18 03:17 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-17 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  25. 2026-10-16 16:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
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  1. 2026-10-15 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  2. 2026-10-14 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  3. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  4. 2026-10-13 08:27 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-13 08:27 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-12 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  7. 2026-10-12 15:42 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-11 19:28 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-11 16:43 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-11 14:03 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  12. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  13. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  14. 2026-10-08 17:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  15. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  16. 2026-10-06 23:17 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-06 23:17 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  19. 2026-10-05 18:33 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-05 18:33 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  22. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  23. 2026-10-04 23:12 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-04 05:43 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-04 05:43 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  27. 2026-10-03 01:00 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-03 01:00 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-02 09:33 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-10-02 09:33 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  32. 2026-10-01 10:54 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-09-30 22:55 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-30 22:55 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  36. 2026-09-29 05:46 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-09-29 05:46 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  39. 2026-09-28 04:58 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-09-27 17:10 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-09-27 17:10 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  43. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  44. 2026-09-25 04:16 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-09-25 04:16 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-09-24 11:56 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-09-24 00:16 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-09-24 00:16 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  50. 2026-09-23 12:14 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-23 00:31 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-09-23 00:31 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-09-22 12:48 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-22 00:43 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-09-22 00:43 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  57. 2026-09-21 12:05 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-09-20 20:33 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-09-20 20:33 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  61. 2026-09-20 03:04 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-09-20 03:04 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-09-19 14:51 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-09-19 02:52 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-09-19 02:52 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  67. 2026-09-18 14:43 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-09-18 02:51 UTCEG score recompute
  69. 2026-09-18 02:51 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-09-17 15:11 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-09-17 00:53 UTCEG score recompute
  72. 2026-09-17 00:53 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  74. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  75. 2026-09-16 02:51 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-71556?
CVE-2026-71556 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on August 7, 2026. go-git is an extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. Prior to 5.19.2 and 6.0.0-alpha.5, worktree operations (including checkout, status, and add) resolve symbolic links inside the working tree without confining resolution to the worktree boundary, so a maliciously crafted…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-71556 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-71556 was published on August 7, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of September 10, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-71556 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-71556 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (29th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-71556?
CVE-2026-71556 has a CVSS base score of 7.1 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-71556?
A fix for CVE-2026-71556 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-71556 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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