CVE-2025-21614
HIGHCVE-2025-21614 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2025-21614 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
go-git clients vulnerable to DoS via maliciously crafted Git server replies
Blast Radius
gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4🐹github.com/go-git/go-git/v5🐹github.com/go-git/go-gitReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
go-git is a highly extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in go-git versions prior to v5.13. This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform denial of service attacks by providing specially crafted responses from a Git server which triggers resource exhaustion in go-git clients. Users running versions of go-git from v4 and above are recommended to upgrade to v5.13 in order to mitigate this vulnerability.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4 | ≥ 4.0.0 | No fix |
| 🐹Go | github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 | all versions | 5.13.0 |
| 🐹Go | github.com/go-git/go-git | ≥ 4.0.0 | No fix |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
No patched version of gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4 has shipped for CVE-2025-21614 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2025-21614 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2025-21614. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2025-21614 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2025-21614 across Go dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.