{
  "id": 19386123,
  "title": "Git Patches Flaw That Lets Malicious Repositories Execute Code During Recursive Clones",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/git-patches-flaw-that-lets-malicious-repositories-execute-code-during",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-10T19:23:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/git-patches-flaw-that-lets-malicious.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A flaw in Git can let a malicious repository run an attacker's code on a computer that clones it recursively, together with its submodules. The Git project fixed it this week in Git 2.56.1, with matching fixes for the 2.50 through 2.55 series in 2.50.2, 2.51.3, 2.52.1, 2.53.1, 2.54.1 and 2.55.1. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-111760, is an integer truncation in how Git handles its index. An",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}