gitoxide gix: untrusted .git/config disables filesystem .git-protection path checks via unfiltered protect_options()

影響: rust:gix >= 0.88.0, <= 0.89.0 → 0.90.0

In the gix crate, Cache::protect_options() in gix/src/config/cache/access.rs reads the three filesystem path-protection settings (core.protectHFS, core.protectNTFS, and gitoxide.core.protectWindows) with the unfiltered gix_config::File::boolean() accessor instead of the trust-aware boolean_filter() accessor used by every other security-critical config read in the same file. When a repository is opened with reduced trust (an ownership mismatch, which maps .git/config sections to Trust::Reduced),…

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On 10/24/2026, 05:52 AM, GitHub Advisory Database published "gitoxide gix: untrusted .git/config disables filesystem .git-protection path checks via unfiltered protect_options()" (type: Advisory). Severity is "High" (high). Related technologies: Rust.