PT-2026-78399

CVE-2026-76217

Published

2026-08-07

Updated

2026-09-18

Description by

CVSS 4.0

9.3

Critical

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GitPython versions prior to 3.1.58

Description Insufficient validation of options passed to the git rm and git checkout commands within the IndexFile.remove() and Head.checkout() functions allows for arbitrary file reading. An attacker can provide the --pathspec-from-file and --pathspec-file-nul parameters to access files readable by the process, with the contents returned in GitCommandError.stderr.

Recommendations Update GitPython to version 3.1.58 or later.

Exploitability

Exploit

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Baraksrour

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path