CVE-2026-76217

GitPython before 3.1.58 Arbitrary File Read via pathspec-from-file

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 7.1
EPSS: EPSS 0.41 % · percentile 35 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-08-19
Updated: 2026-10-08
Assigner: VulnCheck
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

GitPython versions before 3.1.58 fail to validate options passed to git rm and git checkout commands in IndexFile.remove() and Head.checkout(). Attackers can supply --pathspec-from-file and --pathspec-file-nul parameters to read arbitrary files accessible to the process, with full file contents returned in GitCommandError.stderr.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 4.0	HIGH 7.1	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	VulnCheck
CVSS 4.0	HIGH 7.1	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/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	NVD · disclosure@vulncheck.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	NVD · disclosure@vulncheck.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-73

Advisories

GHSA-hh9p-6wh2-4mfc — GitPython: Arbitrary file read via --pathspec-from-file in IndexFile.remove() and Head.checkout()
PYSEC-2026-3841 — GitPython: Arbitrary file read via --pathspec-from-file in IndexFile.remove() and Head.checkout()

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-62458
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-76217

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-1336 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:gitpython_project:gitpython:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* < 3.1.58

Affected products

Product	Versions
gitpython-developers · GitPython	affected 0 < 3.1.58 ; unaffected 3.1.58

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD