PYSEC-2026-3786

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2026-78676
Aliases
GHSA-284h-m62q-gf8w
CVSS_V4
CVSS:4.0/AV: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

Description

GitPython before 3.1.59 fails to safely re-serialize multi-line git-config values during write operations, corrupting dormant quoted values into injected directives like core.hooksPath. Attackers can craft config files with embedded newlines that become live git directives after any unrelated GitPython config write, enabling arbitrary code execution via hook invocation.

Affected packages

PackageVersions
PyPI · gitpythonintroduced 0, fixed 3.1.59

References

Sources

SourceLicence
OSV.devCC-BY 4.0 — PyPA Advisory Database