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Fedora 44 rust-libgit2-sys Important Security Updates 2026-9d59721e9b

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Calendar Grey July 26, 2026
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Update for rust-libgit2-sys in Fedora 44 addresses security issues, including critical CVEs to enhance stability.
Fedora 44 has updated the rust-libgit2-sys package to version 0.18.7, addressing several security vulnerabilities while maintaining compatibility with system PCRE2, not using the b...

Summary

Native bindings to the libgit2 library.

Update Information:

Update libgit2 to version 1.9.6. Update the libgit2-sys Rust crate to the corresponding version 0.18.7. This includes fixes for various security issues, including - but not limited to: CVE-2026-53583 CVE-2026-53584 CVE-2026-53585 CVE-2026-53586 CVE-2026-53587 The Fedora package is not affected by GHSA-wfx7-g85r-q6vw since Fedora packages always linked the system PCRE2 and did not use the bundled PCRE.

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security advisory fedora important rust-libgit2-sys CVE-2026-53583 CVE-2026-53584

Change Log

* Thu Jul 23 2026 Fabio Valentini - 0.18.7-1 - Update to version 0.18.7; Fixes RHBZ#2506308 * Fri Jul 17 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.18.5-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_45_Mass_Rebuild

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-9d59721e9b 2026-07-27 00:54:18.641579+00:00 Name : rust-libgit2-sys Product : Fedora 44 Version : 0.18.7 Release : 1.fc44 URL : https://crates.io/crates/libgit2-sys Summary : Native bindings to the libgit2 library Description : Native bindings to the libgit2 library.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-9d59721e9b' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: rust-libgit2-sys
Product: Fedora 44
Version: 0.18.7
Release: 1.fc44
URL: https://crates.io/crates/libgit2-sys
Summary: Native bindings to the libgit2 library

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security advisory fedora important rust-libgit2-sys CVE-2026-53583 CVE-2026-53584

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